Grazing and Debris Burning on Pinyon-Juniper sites—Some Chemical Water Quality Implications
Citation
Buckhouse, J. C., & Gifford, G. F. (1976). Grazing and debris burning on pinyon-juniper sites—some chemical water quality implications. Journal of Range Management, 29(4), 299-301.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3897086Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
During 1973 and 1974 a water quality study was conducted in San Juan County, southeastern Utah. Water quality data were collected from the study location which had been chained to remove pinyon-juniper vegetation six years earlier. Debris burning and livestock grazing treatments were studied. An "undisturbed, natural" woodland was left adjacent to the treatments in order to serve as a control area. Following burning, significant increases in potassium and phosphorus were observed in overland flow from infiltrometer plots. No significant treatment changes were detected for sodium, calcium, or nitrate-nitrogen. No treatment differences due to grazing were detected at the soil surface following cattle use (stocking rate was 2 ha/AUM).Type
textArticle
Language
enISSN
0022-409Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2307/3897086