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| Title | Effectiveness of Forest Road and Timber Harvest Best Management Practices with Respect to Sediment-Related Water Quality Impacts, Interim Report No. 2 | |||
| Month-Year Published | May 1994 | |||
| Online Availability |
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| Short Description |
This study to evaluate the effectiveness of certain forest road and timber harvest best management practices (BMPs) is being conducted as a part of the Timber/Fish/Wildlife Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Program. The purpose of this second Interim Report is to provide an overview of the study design, summarize study site information, and report on progress to date. The project is employing a case study approach to evaluating BMP effectiveness. (This is TFW Publication No. WQ8-94-001) (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 94-67 | |||
| Author(s) | Rashin, E., C. Clishe, and A. Loch | |||
| Print Availability |
Not maintained in stock. Copy must be made from archive version. Request will be referred to the source program.
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| Number of pages | 70 pp. | |||
| Keywords | best management practice, biological, evaluation, fish, lead, monitoring, report , runoff, sediment, stream, study, TREE, water, water quality | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Effectiveness of Forest Road and Timber Harvest Best Management Practices with Respect to Sediment-related Water Quality Impacts, Progress Report | similar topic | |||
| Effectiveness of Forest Road and Timber Harvest Best Management Practices with Respect to Sediment-Related Water Quality Impacts, Interim Report No. 1 | similar topic | |||
| Effectiveness of Forest Road and Timber Harvest Best Management Practices with Respect to Sediment-Related Water Quality Impacts | updated version | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
This study to evaluate the effectiveness of certain forest road and timber harvest best management practices (BMPs) is being conducted as a part of the Timber/Fish/Wildlife Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Program. The purpose of this second Interim Report is to provide an overview of the study design, summarize study site information, and report on progress to date. The project is employing a case study approach to evaluating BMP effectiveness. A total of 90 examples of typical BMPs, implemented under varying degrees of landscape hazard, have been selected from six of the nine physiographic regions of Washington. General BMP categories targeted in the study include road construction practices, road maintenance practices, and timber harvesting practices. A number of qualitative and quantitative survey techniques are being employed to assess erosion and sediment delivery to streams, characterize stream channel, runoff, and aquatic habitat conditions, and assess biological communities. In most cases, two or more survey techniques are applied to each BMP example studied. The different survey techniques will provide different kinds of evidence on forest practice effects, leading to a weight-of-evidence approach to determining BMP effectiveness. Thirty-six study sites have been identified for the project, at which 90 specific BMP examples are being evaluated. These include 47 harvesting BMPs (tractor/wheeled skidding, Riparian Management Zones, and Riparian Leave Tree Areas), 39 new road construction BMPs (road drainage design, culvert installation, and construction techniques), and 4 road maintenance BMPs (active haul road maintenance). This is Ecology Publication No. 94-67 and TFW Publication No. WQ8-94-001. |
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