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New York Times: It doesn`t take an expert to understand that logging and violent storms cause massive damage to forests. What is less obvious, however, is the devastating effect that the removal of trees and vegetation can have on streams and lakes.
Nitrate concentrations in waterways can soar by as much as 400 percent when the nitrogen cycle is disrupted by logging and the nitrate once tied up in organic matter washes into streams. Algal blooms and fish die-offs almost always follow this sort of nitrogen fertilization......
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After a Die-Off, Small Trees Protect Watershed
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on January 18th, 2013
Posted in Water Conservation