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Best Management Practices
Best Management Practices (BMPs) are guidelines adopted by the state forestry commissions as a result of Section 208 of the 1972 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (PL 92-500). The primary purpose of BMPs is to protect water quality from non-point source pollution. Timber harvest contracts require loggers to implement BMPs. BMP guidelines include recommendations for the following:
- Construction, stabilization, and maintenance of forest roads
- Protection of streams and riparian areas through the use of buffers; each state has different buffer requirements depending on slope and type of stream (intermittent, perennial, or special status such as trout streams)
- Site preparation, land clearing (including food plots), and reforestation
- Utilization of prescribed burning, pesticides, and fertilization
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