Brady, ValerieAxler, Richard P.Schomberg, Jesse2014-10-062017-04-142014-10-062017-04-142014https://hdl.handle.net/11299/187059The 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.en-USDitch maintenanceRoadside ditchesNortheastern MinnesotaField guideSedimentPollutionWater conveyanceStreamsWetlandOther