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Dr. Pete Robichaud collects soil samples before a prescribed fire to collect data for forest applications of the Water Erosion Prediction Process (WEPP) model.

imageID: 17878
Description: Dr. Pete Robichaud collects soil samples before a prescribed fire to collect data for forest applications of the Water Erosion Prediction Process (WEPP) model.
Keywords: wildfire
erosion
watershed research
Rocky Mountain Research Station Today
Photographer: D.W. Tippets
Original collection id: 4400
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 3
People: Pete Robichaud, Research Engineer at the Moscow FSL
Location: Boise National Forest; ID; United States
Comments: The research helped determine the degree to which fire creates hydrophobic soils in Idaho Batholith, and the degree to which hydrophobic soils increase erosion.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Forest Service Research Image Library. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb

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