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Author : Guthrie, R.H.
Date : 2003.
Title : Peak flow effects in BC forests: Real, significant and manageable.
Publication : Water Stewardship: How Are We Managing? Proceedings of the 56th Canadian Water Resources Association Annual Conference, Vancouver BC
Issue :
Page(s) : 73-83.
Abstract
This review demonstrates the considerable body of data that now shows, despite substantial and expected variation, that forest clearing and road building are having significant effects on both annual yield and peak flows in the Pacific Northwest. It argues that in the general sense, at least as minima, those responses are predictable. Further, that increases in peak flows have the potential to impact channel shape, function and design, and may act synergistically with other processes, potentially increasing catastrophic effects. Lastly, this paper offers management considerations to help protect streams that would be otherwise sensitive to changes in channel forming flows.
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