Vegetation Changes as a Result of Soil Ripping on the Rio Puerco in New Mexico

Earl F. Aldon, George Garcia
1972 Journal of range management  
Principal Hydrologist and Forestry Research Technician, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station,2 Albuquerque, New Mexico. Highlight Soil ripping in 1963 effectively reduced runoff on the San Luis watershed of the Rio Puerto, New Mexico, and caused a favorable shift in forage production from galleta to alkali sacaton. Ripping effects on runoff are short-lived, but forage production patterns may persist for 10 years.
doi:10.2307/3896551 fatcat:vlkfw25oibg73eu4eiivbort3y