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BMP ID: 5662
Title: Apply local, native grass seed and mulch to erosive soil.
Text: "Erosion Control: Apply local, native grass seed and mulch to barren erosive soil areas or closed road surfaces. Mulch material may be straw, wood chips, bark, brush, leaves and limbs, shredded paper, or gravel. (Figure 13.1)." [See Figure 13.1, page 132.]
Source Publication Name: Low-Volume Roads Engineering: Best Management Practices Field Guide
Citation Section: Chapter 13: Erosion Control
Citation Page: 139
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
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Categories: Soils (Conservation, Pollution, Reclamation)
Vegetation
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-06-11 17:13 UTC
Last Updated: 2011-02-06 12:17 UTC