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Product Type: Fact Sheet
Year: 2005
Author(s): Auble, G., M. Scott, J. Frazier, C. Krause, and M. Merigliano
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Auble, G., M. Scott, J. Frazier, C. Krause, and M. Merigliano. 2005. Cottonwood in the Missouri Breaks National Monument: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3132. 4 p.
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Concerns about cottonwood along the Wild and Scenic reach of the upper Missouri River include declining forests of sparse old trees with little recruitment of new individuals, impacts of cattle crazing and recreational use, and effects of flow alterations from operation of upstream dams and changes in tributary inflows.