Some simple rules can help reduce harm to water quality and fish and wildlife in our response to wildfires. This includes staying away from streamside areas and off of steep slopes prone to soil erosion and landslides that once triggered can dump too much sediment into streams over an extended period of years. It is vitally important to avoid creating new roads and decommission any temporary roads that are often the largest contributor to harmful amounts of stream sediment.
The Effects of Postfire Salvage Logging on Aquatic Ecosystems in the American West
Throughout the American West, a century of road building, logging, grazing, and other human activities has degraded stream environments, causing significant losses of aquatic biodiversity and severe contractions in the range and abundance of sensitive aquatic species, including native salmonid fishesShare this Tweet!
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