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Sheep Butte sediment fences

Sediment fences on recently burned plots near Sheep Butte.  The sediment fences were installed to study the effects of land use on sediment loads in the Little Missouri National Grasslands in North Dakota.
Sediment fences at badlands site
Badlands site for U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service land use sediment study, McKenzie County, North Dakota.

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