A study is being developed in cooperation with the NRCS Watershed Institute which will look at the feasibility of using hybrid poplars as a riparian buffe r. A harvest rotation of the hybrid poplars for pulp will be investigated as part of the proposed study. Waste Utilization or Grow-out Plantings Technology. These plantings are used to force-feed vegetation with waste water high in nutrients or other chemicals. The intent is to use plant materials that will uptake the maximum amount of chemicals possible.
Several projects are underway in the southeast.
The Pullman PMC will be seeding a planting in the Columbia Basin in the spring of 1996 which will evaluate the adaptability of a warm-season grass with know n high nitrogen uptake capability. This page has been accessed times since February 28, 1997.