Effects of post-fire salvage logging and a skid trail treatment on ground cover, soils, and sediment production in the interior western United States

•Post-fire salvage logging increased soil compaction and decreased vegetative cover.•Salvage logging greatly increased sediment production from more disturbed plots.•Salvage logging did not consistently increase sediment production in larger swales.•Salvage logging delayed post-fire recovery of vegetation and sediment production.•Slash placed on skid trails reduced sediment yields but did not affect soil properties.