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Restoring a Forest Watershed and Adding Water Back to the Land

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Title Restoring a Forest Watershed and Adding Water Back to the Land
Creator Abercrombie, Dan C.
Description Historical evidence clearly shows a significant decline in both stream flow and ground water recharge in the Sacramento Mountains of southern New Mexico. Photos, oral history, early Census data, and written accounts all paint a much wetter picture than is present today. Dense forests are robbing springs and streams of surface flow. Ground water recharge during the recent drought was non-existent. Large numbers of wells all over Otero County dried up. Drilling deeper was successful in some...
Date 2006-07-20T07:00:00Z
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Format application/pdf
Identifier https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/ucowrconfs_2006/6 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/context/ucowrconfs_2006/article/1102/viewcontent/30.1._Abercrombie.pdf
Source 2006
Publisher OpenSIUC

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