Environmental Health of Ski Runs
Heard part of this on Capitol Public Radio this morning:
Jennifer Burt
“Researcher for the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences; she’s a restoration ecologist who recently studied the different ecological and financial implications of grading and clearing ski slopes.”
“In active ski areas, I quantified the effects of different methods of ski slope creation (machine grading vs. tree clearing) on aspects of ecosystem function, including plant community composition, diversity, and aspects of soil and hydrologic functioning. This research was published in the journal Ecological Applications in 2009″
Listen here
-M