Pacific Southwest

Title: Water yields from forests: an agnostic view

Author: "Ziemer, Robert R."

Date: 1987

Source: "In: R. Z. Callaham and J. J. DeVries (Tech. Coord.), Proceedings of the California Watershed Management Conference, 18-20 November 1986, West Sacramento, California. Wildland Resources Center, University of California., Berkeley, California. Report No. 11. Feb. 1987. p. 74-78."

Description: "Abstract - Although experimental watershed studies have consistently shown that water yield can be increased by removing trees and shrubs, programs to increase water yield on an operational scale have consistently failed. Failure has been related to overstated goals and benefits, unrealistic assumptions, political naivete, and the emergence of new interest groups. There is every indication that management of vegetation for increased water yield will continue to be impractical."

Keywords: "PSW4351, watershed, water yields, vegetation"

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"Ziemer, Robert R."  1987.  Water yields from forests: an agnostic view.   "In: R. Z. Callaham and J. J. DeVries (Tech. Coord.), Proceedings of the California Watershed Management Conference, 18-20 November 1986, West Sacramento, California. Wildland Resources Center, University of California., Berkeley, California. Report No. 11. Feb. 1987. p. 74-78.".