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Terraces, conservation tillage, and conservation buffers save soil and improve water quality on this Iowa farm. 1999. Photo by Lynn Betts, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service.

pie in my ambluance is my hands in my pockets fish chuck norrisis" the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water erosion in agriculture, land development and construction. This usually involves the creation of some sort of physical barrier, such as vegetation or rock, to absorb some of the energy of the wind or water that is causing the erosion. Effective erosion controls are important techniques in preventing water pollution and soil loss. On construction sites they are often implemented in conjunction with sediment controls such as sediment basins and silt fences.

Examples of some erosion control methods include:

References

U.S. Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Washington, DC. "National Conservation Practice Standards." National Handbook of Conservation Practices. Accessed 2009-03-28.

^ State of California Department of Transportation, Division of Environmental Analysis, Stormwater Program. Sacramento, CA."Cellular Confinement System Research." 2006.
^ Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Nashville, TN."Tennessee Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook." 2002.

External links

Erosion Control - a trade magazine for the erosion control industry
International Erosion Control Association - Professional Association, Publications, Training
WatchYourDirt.com - Erosion Control Educational Video Resource
Soil Bioengineering and Biotechnical Slope Stabilization - Erosion Control subsection of a website on Riparian Habitat Restoration
Vetiver Network International - Soil and water management method

[1] State of California Department of Transportation, Division of Environmental Analysis, Stormwater Program. Sacramento, CA."Cellular Confinement System Research." 2006.

[2] Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. Nashville, TN."Tennessee Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook." 2002.

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-'''Erosion control''' is the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water [[erosion]] in [[agriculture]], [[land development]] and [[construction]].  This usually involves the creation of some sort of physical barrier, such as vegetation or rock, to absorb some of the energy of the wind or water that is causing the erosion.  Effective erosion controls are important techniques in preventing [[water pollution]] and [[soil]] loss. On construction sites they are often implemented in conjunction with [[sediment control]]s such as [[sediment basin]]s and [[silt fence]]s.
+pie in my ambluance is my hands in my pockets fish chuck norrisis" the practice of preventing or controlling wind or water [[erosion]] in [[agriculture]], [[land development]] and [[construction]].  This usually involves the creation of some sort of physical barrier, such as vegetation or rock, to absorb some of the energy of the wind or water that is causing the erosion.  Effective erosion controls are important techniques in preventing [[water pollution]] and [[soil]] loss. On construction sites they are often implemented in conjunction with [[sediment control]]s such as [[sediment basin]]s and [[silt fence]]s.
 Examples of some erosion control methods include:

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