Global climate change, land management, and biosolids application to semiarid grasslands
- Forest Service, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
Global climate change combined with improper land management, including over-grazing, can lead to a severe reduction in plant cover and soil productivity. This process is especially common in arid and semiarid regions with sparse vegetation cover. New and innovative methods of land management are needed to restore and maintain these ecosystems in a productive and sustainable state. Research conducted in New Mexico on the Rio Puerco Resource Area and the Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge has shown that biosolids (municipal sewage sludge) application to semiarid grasslands can increase soil nutrient availability, increase plant cover and productivity, and decrease surface runoff and soil erosion without harming environmental quality.
- OSTI ID:
- 248089
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504248-; TRN: IM9628%%189
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Interior west global change workshop, Ft. Collins, CO (United States), 25-27 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Interior West global change workshop; Tinus, R.W. [ed.] [Forest Service, Flagstaff, AZ (United States). Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station]; PB: 138 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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