When moving between training areas or before and after the training exercise, the troops use dedicated roadways to decrease the impacts to the area. These dedicated paths and roadways have been specifically engineered for track vehicle use. A dedicated roadway for tanks. Sedimentation of an ephemeral channel following a runoff event. Rain waters flow overland using the 'path of least resistance', which is frequently tracks left by the track vehicles.
Sedimentation occurs wherever the water slows.
Evidence of the impact of the training activities on the soil and vegetation on the Ft Hood TX rangelands. The white areas are exposed subsoils resulting from the loss of the vegetative cover and soil due to training activities. TX rangelands, due to troop training activities. Rangeland on Ft Hood TX in the troop training area. TX rangeland traversed by track vehicles during training exercises.