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Post-Fire Factsheet: Mitigating hillslope erosion following a wildfire

Release date: October 2023. High-intensity rainfall events following a high-severity wildfire can trigger erosion, runoff, and sedimentation. As area burned by high-severity wildfires is increasing in area, post-fire erosion control treatments are becoming increasingly necessary to prevent soil erosion and…
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