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Re: Flooded/silted pastures
You may well want to contact the USDA Natural Resources Conservation
Service, formerly the Soil Conservation Service. Through the Emergency
Watershed Protection Program they may be able to help remove some of the
silt and restore the streams/rivers.
On Sat, 10 Feb 1996, David B. Hannaway
wrote:
> Forage Colleagues:
>
> As you've no doubt seen on the national news, western Oregon has
> recently experienced significant flooding. Several county agents
> have inquired about information for reseeding silted pastures.
>
> Those of you with experience from the Mississippi River (and other)
> floods no doubt have some expertise in this area. If you'd be
> willing to forward information about reseeding after silting, I'll
> compile it and route it to our folks that need it (and post it the
> Forage Information System WWW).
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> David
>
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> David B. Hannaway
> Department of Crop & Soil Science
> Oregon State University
> Corvallis, OR 97331-3002
> Phone: 541-737-5863
> Fax: 541-737-1589
> EMail: david@forages.css.orst.edu
> WWW: http://www.forages.css.orst.edu
> Forage Mailing Group: forage-mg@oes.orst.edu
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
>
Michael Marks
District Conservationist
Cabell and Wayne Counties
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
2631 5th Street Road
Huntington, WV 25701
(304) 528-0100
fax (304) 528-0130
e-mail mmarks@marshall.edu
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