Range 8C Rehabilitation Demonstration Project, Hohenfels Training Area, Germany: Final report

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10127340· OSTI ID:10127340

Zellmer, S D; Hinchman, R R; Johnson, D O ^[1]; Severinghaus, W D ^[2]; Brent, J J ^[3]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Energy Systems Div.
2. Corps of Engineers, Champaign, IL (United States)
3. Army Construction Engineering Research Lab., Champaign, IL (United States)

More than 30 years of intensive and continual tactical training has caused extensive environmental damage at the US Army Hohenfels Training Area in Germany. The Range 8C Rehabilitation Demonstration Project, followed by a three-year monitoring effort, was conducted to develop and evaluate the environmental and economic effectiveness of seven revegetation and four erosion control prescriptions implemented at a 16-ha site. The point-intercept method was used to measure the types and amounts of vegetation established and the changes in the vegetative community during three years of military use on the seven areas treated with revegetation prescriptions. Field observations were made to determine the suitability and durability of four types of erosion control structures. Soil fertility and a source of seed appeared to be the most limiting factors in establishing vegetation, while seedbed preparation had only a minor influence. Grasses appeared to be more resistant to vehicle traffic than did other types of vegetation. Because grassed waterways were used as roads by military vehicles and a system of graded terraces was expensive, these erosion control prescriptions were unsuitable and uneconomical for use on training areas. Low-cost riprap waterbars and porous check dams slowed the velocity of runoff, trapped sediments, and were durable. Recommendations were formulated to improve the environmental and economic effectiveness of future rehabilitation efforts on tactical training areas.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Energy Systems Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10127340
• Report Number(s): ANL/ESD/TM-40; ON: DE93007928
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
MILITARY FACILITIES
SOIL CONSERVATION
PROGRESS REPORT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
LAND RECLAMATION
REVEGETATION
EROSION CONTROL
SOILS
MILITARY PERSONNEL
TRAINING
GROUND COVER
RUNOFF
US DOD
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SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES
AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY