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Land rehabilitation of the McKenna Hill drop zone, Fort Benning Military Reservation, Georgia: Surveys of spontaneous vascular vegetation.

DE2001772140

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Rastorfer, J. R.; Zellmer, S. D.
Page Count	114
Abstract	The forested, 640-acre McKenna Hill Drop Zone (the Site) at the Fort Benning Military Reservation in Georgia was cleared in 1988 for paratrooper training. Trees were harvested, stumps were grubbed and buried, and most of the Site was graded to flatten hilltops and fill in ravines. These activities resulted in mixing of the nonharvested vegetation, litter, duff, and topsoil with subsoil, leaving extensive bare areas. Because no efforts were made to establish a vegetational cover following the grading operations, the exposed soils were subject to severe erosion. Deep gullies developed, and eroded sediments accumulated in lowlands and in adjacent forest stands, causing damage to trees and understories.
Keywords	Vegetation establishment Land reclamation Vegetation Plant growth Georgia Plants Military facilities Spontaneous vascular vegetation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., IL.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200123
Contract Number	W-31-109-ENG-38

Land rehabilitation of the McKenna Hill drop zone, Fort Benning Military Reservation, Georgia: Surveys of spontaneous vascular vegetation.

Land rehabilitation of the McKenna Hill drop zone, Fort Benning Military Reservation, Georgia: Surveys of spontaneous vascular vegetation.
DE2001772140

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Rastorfer, J. R.; Zellmer, S. D.
Page Count	114
Abstract	The forested, 640-acre McKenna Hill Drop Zone (the Site) at the Fort Benning Military Reservation in Georgia was cleared in 1988 for paratrooper training. Trees were harvested, stumps were grubbed and buried, and most of the Site was graded to flatten hilltops and fill in ravines. These activities resulted in mixing of the nonharvested vegetation, litter, duff, and topsoil with subsoil, leaving extensive bare areas. Because no efforts were made to establish a vegetational cover following the grading operations, the exposed soils were subject to severe erosion. Deep gullies developed, and eroded sediments accumulated in lowlands and in adjacent forest stands, causing damage to trees and understories.
Keywords	Vegetation establishment Land reclamation Vegetation Plant growth Georgia Plants Military facilities Spontaneous vascular vegetation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., IL.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200123
Contract Number	W-31-109-ENG-38