stabilize upland slopes

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• Subject: stabilize upland slopes
• From: Wade Harrison <70640.2741@compuserve.com>
• Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 21:00:18 -0400 (EDT)
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To the FOREST list:
 
A friend of mine who is a civil engineer in the western USA is interested in
techniques or technology to stabilize steep embankments (e.g. highway cuts),
45 degrees or more, via rooting native species (willow? aspen? shrubs?),
particularly in upland/mountain, desert, or alpine climates. As he
describes it, these steep slopes can be engineered to be structurally
stable, for the most part, but they are looking for additional surficial
stability via a deep-rooted woody species, having had limited success in
these climates with herbaceous ground cover.
 
If anyone knows of research or existing technology that sounds close to
this, please e-mail to me.  Thanks.
 
Wade Harrison
70640.2741@compuserve.com
 
 

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