Best Management Practices--Soil & Water Conservation
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/forestry/bestprac.htm
Forestry activities, particularly harvesting, can have serious consequences on soil and water quality. Any good forester is concerned about these impacts. Measures can be taken to preserve soil and water quality and to prevent their undue mixing.
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Braided Stream Systems
http://www.state.sc.us/forest/braid.htm
Best Management Practices for
Braided Stream Systems:
A Supplement to the 1994 BMP Manual
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Field Guide to BMP for Timber Harvesting in Kentucky
http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/for/for69/for69.htm
This guide was designed as a field reference for timber harvesting operations. It contains minimum requirements ans specifications of Best Management Pracatices appropriate for timber harvesting operations in Kentucky.
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Forestry BMP Implementation Costs for Virginia
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_shaffer001.pdf
Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) are operational techniques used to protect water quality during timber harvesting operations. The implementation cost of BMPs is important to loggers, forest landowners, and the forest industry. This study provides an estimate of BMP implementation cost on a per harvested acre basis for the coastal plain, Piedmont, and mountains of Virginia.
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Kentucky's Timber Harvesting BMP Implementation Study: Preliminary Results
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Forestry/FS97-41.HTM
This publication contains the preliminary results of a study perfomed to provide information on nonpoint source pollution issues as they relate to timber harvesting operations in Kentucky.
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National BMP and Water Quality Website
http://www.usabmp.net
We're here for loggers...especially as you address the water quality aspects of your business. Wherever you live, we're here to provide you with a convenient national, regional, and local online service where you can have ready access to learning of your educational and training opportunities, relevant legislation and regulations, water quality and best management practices materials and people and organizations to contact for more help.
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Outline of Kentucky's Timber Harvesting BMP Implementation Survey
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Forestry/FS97-21.HTM
This survey will provide information on the degree of implementation of timber harvesting BMPs relative to location in the state and ownership classification. It can also be used to determine where problems exist, both in implementation and technique, and how educational programs should be targeted.
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South Carolina Forestry Commission
http://www.state.sc.us/forest/refbmp.htm
Most of the BMPs in this manual address the protection of water quality or the requirements of Section 404 (dredge and fill) of the Clean Water Act. The BMPs in this manual have been designed to be consistent with the management measures as described in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publication entitled Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Non-Point Pollution in Coastal Waters, January 1993.
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