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Closeup of actively eroding surface. Mat of soil holding stumps & roots has given way on steep unstable slope. Note debris choked water course. No evidence that this material was washing down slope.

imageID: 31348
Description: Closeup of actively eroding surface. Mat of soil holding stumps & roots has given way on steep unstable slope. Note debris choked water course. No evidence that this material was washing down slope.
Study: Traitors Cove
Keywords: hydrology
water conservation, soil conservation and erosion
watershed management
studies of infiltration, run-off and water erosion:effects of forestry practices (polluted water)
Original collection id: Oxford #: 116.28, negative #: 837
Original as submitted: 116_28_neg_837_f.tif
Collection: Pacific Northwest Research Station, Alaska Image Archive
Location: Alaska; Revillagigedo Island; Traitors Cove
Date(mm/dd/yyyy): 7/11/1957
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Wright, Brenda E.; Plumb, Pauline; Wright, John; Biles, Frances E. 2021. Historical photographs from U.S. Forest Service research and development activities in Alaska. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2021-0084


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