Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, February 26, 1981, Supplement, Image 16

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Newspaper Page TextFOUR The Gaiette-TimM. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, February - Research site on Monte Evans (Floyd Jones) farm Soil erosion factors studied A soil erosion research site has been established in Mor row County on land farmed by Monte Evans (Floyd Jones Farm) in the Stingle Canyon area four miles northeast of Heppner. It is one of five sites installed in northeastern Ore gon. Similar sites are located in Gilliam, Sherman, Umatilla and Wasco Counties. The project is under the direction of John Zuzel. hydrologist with the USDA-SEA-AR (Science and Education Administration-Agricultural Research), in Pendleton. Each site is designed to collect into holding tanks all of the runoff and erosional mat erials produced from each of two 10 x 60 foot plots. The plots are installed in the fall after planting operations are El & BIO C ALTOFwTTS Complete Tractor, Truck & Auto Repair AMERICAN PARTS TURN PCS & BUSHINGS WE WELD CASTINGS TRUCK REPAIR REBUILDING FOR ALL SIZES OF TRACTORS AIR CONDITIONING ROLLER I IDLER REPAIR WITH AUTOMATIC W ELDER O Al typos of Hydraulic pumps v - - J- complete and removed before harvest begins. The holding tanks are instrumented with continuously recording water level sensors. Each site is also equipped with instruments which continuously record soil temperature, air tempera ture, relative humidity and precipitation. Frost depth is recorded weekly as is snow depth and snow water equival ent. When a runoff event occurs, water and sediment samples are collected from the holding tanks and analyzed for soil and fertilizer type chemical concentrations. The objectives of this re search are to document the climatic, soil and physio graphic factors responsible Repair, Inc. Highway 74 lone, OR. 422-7409 422-7418 fabrication a spec&ty 16. 1981 -. . . 'a 4 i ljr ' for runoff and erosion pro ducing events in the dryland grain regions of the Pacific Northwest. The effects of surface residue, canopy cover, surface roughness and tillage practices are also being studied with the goal of developing a predictive soil loss equation specific to the Pacific Northwest. Several more winters of research are needed to isolate the factors involved in soil erosion and to suggest management tech niques lor erosion control Call Fertilizer 81 Chemical Needs Herb Ekstrom, Jr. EEiotrom Forci Cliciiiicolo KXME, 267 N. Main Heppner, Oregon Phone 676-9141 DESERT FARM SUPPLY 1 1 FEED SEED FERTILIZER ! ! PLYWOOD LUMBER HARDWARE J J CALL CB. RADIO CHANNEL 34C.B.E.L ! ! IRRIGONIR 97844 1 I YOUll HANDYMAN rl" center Paint Lumbor Garden Svppfios i Tools Fishing I Camping Goar Powir Tools BACKHOE SERVICE BACKHOE SERVICE EXCAVATING INSTALLATION Of SEPTIC TANKS AND DRAIN FIELDS 676-9157 SU Uo For Ml OREGON Abrams and Kuhn Attorneys at Law Everything you . fob yoursoffl i GRAVEL DIRT HAULING EXPERIENCED BONDED AND LICENSED HEPPNER Your 422-7505 I V 1