st points. This Article brought upseveral additional and perhaps more idealistic points. According to thisarticle, most resource damage in an area is done in the first two years after aroad is constructed. During construction, this article points out that it is wiseto limit the number of stream crossings to a minimum.When crossings are necessary, though, this article suggested the use ofsediment ponds, and not allowing water to build up its mass and momentum.When momentum is built up, water will erode more of the earth, causingmore sediment build- up in streams. Personally, I did not really realize that there was even an issue of too muchsediment in streams due to forest roads, and stream crossings. It wasamazing to learn of all the dangers to the environment caused by yet anothertype of pollution. This problem might not cause the immediate and drastiproblems that other environmental issues might, but eventually, because ofour interactions with the forest and its waterways, we might alter theecosystems in ways that we cant even fathom....
