Title
Field Guide for Maintaining Rural Roadside Ditches
Other titles
Protecting Lakes and Streams through Proper Ditch Maintenance
Series/Report Number
Minnesota Sea Grant product number;
SH14
Natural Resources Research Institute contribution number;
573
Description
The purpose of this field guide is to provide guidelines for maintaining upland roadside ditches in rural northern areas in a way that reduces sediment and pollutant loads to waterways. This information will help prevent erosion and maintain good water conveyance. The guide offers practical advice and illustrations to hands-on maintenance workers, ditch maintenance contractors, and local (township) road supervisors who maintain ditches.
Funding information
Funded by Great Lakes Restoration; Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; Minnesota Sea Grant; Fortin Consulting, Inc.; Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth
Suggested Citation
Brady, Valerie; Axler, Richard P.; Schomberg, Jesse.
(2014).
Field Guide for Maintaining Rural Roadside Ditches.
Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy,
http://hdl.handle.net/11299/187059.