Handbook Of Erosion Control Engineering On The National Forests Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Erosion Control on Mountain Roads The rapid increase of motor traffic into the mountainous parts of the country during recent years has compelled the building of many new high-'standard roads and the reconstruction of old roads along modern lines. Much of 'this traffic is pleasure bent, and the new roads are devoted largely to! The opening of recreational areas, par ticularly in the national forests and national parks. That these roads often disfigure the very charms they are intended to reveal is one of the unfortunate results 'of the high standards on which they are built and the rugged topography which they necessarily traverse. Another result, even more serious from the economic viewpoint, is the long train of damages. From erosion beyond the rights of way for which the new roads are almost invariably, though by no means unavoidably, responsible (pls. 1 and 2, A) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.