Branch packing

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003623",
  "term": "Branch packing",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Branch Packing",
  "definition": "A form of soil bioengineering that uses alternating tiers of live branch cuttings and compacted backfill to repair small localized slumps and holes in slopes and a means of reducing the erosive potential of incoming flows at their source.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "EPA Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary at http://www.epa.gov/owow_keep/NPS/chesbay502/pdf/chesbay_glossary.pdf; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/branch-packing/"
}