For a Year or So After Clear-Cut (Even-Aged)harvesting Large Areas

Multiple Choice

For a year or so after clear-cut (even-aged) harvesting large areas of mature forest,the streams draining the watershed can be expected to carry ______ than before the harvest.

A) much less water
B) a much greater total nitrate load
C) much less calcium and other cations
D) away enough pollutants to reduce the toxic load to levels lower
E) all of the above