| Title | Long-term effects of forest harvesting on summer low flow deficits in the Coast Range of Oregon |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Segura, Catalina, Kevin D. Bladon, Jeff A. Hatten, Julia A. Jones, Cody V. Hale, and George G. Ice |
| Secondary Title | Journal of Hydrology |
| Volume | 585 |
| Number | Article 124749 |
| Date Published | 2020, Jun. |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, climate change, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, hydrology, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, streamflow, terrestrial vegetation, water quality, water temperature |
| Notes | Does logging affect streamflow in a watershed? In this paper, long-term changes in streamflow over a sixty-year period were examined in the context of forestry practices. “Results of this study indicate that contemporary forest harvesting practices, including 40- to 50-yr rotations of Douglas-fir plantations with riparian buffers, may produce persistent low-flow deficits” (p.10). The authors caution that further research is needed to understand how the hotter and drier conditions expected in a warming climate will affect summer low streamflow and the ecosystems dependent on streams. An accompanying dataset may be found at: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/datasets/c821gr99w . |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124749 |
