Rim Fire’s Next Fight: Controlling Erosion
From the San Jose Mercury News:
“Perched atop a charred ridge, scientist Brad Rust stares at a tiny bead of water — which sits, motionless, glistening like a perfect pearl in a sea of ash.
“The soil does not absorb the droplet, it repels it — a finding that tells Rust and his colleagues that fierce winter rains could rush down these hillsides burned barren in the 260,000-acre Rim Fire, flushing dirt, rocks and ash from one of California’s most pristine watersheds.”
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