Best Management Practices (BMP) Guide

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B M P  G U I D E

Virginia's Forestry
Best Management Practices
for Water Quality

Fourth Edition, July 2002

The following files are provided in Acrobat PDF format.

• PREFACE (896KB) Table of Contents
  Participating Agencies and Industries
  Acknowledgments
  Foreword by State Forester
• Chapter 1
  (469KB) Introduction (pp 1-6)
• Chapter 2
  (623KB) Watersheds (pp 7-10)
• Chapter 3
  (1.17MB) Planning for Forestry Operations (pp 11-18)
• Chapter 4
  (1.60MB) Forest Roads (pp 19-2026)
  Specifications
  Maintenance
• Chapter 5-A
  (2,52MB) Timber Harvesting (pp 27-40)
  Steps to Prepare a Harvest Plan
  Logging Systems
• Chapter 5-B
  (2.56MB) Timber Harvesting (pp 41-50)
  Logging Systems (continued)
  Streamside Management Zones
  Stream Crossing Design and Construction
• Chapter 5-C
  (3.62MB) Timber Harvesting (pp 51-66)
  Guidelines for Skid Trails
  Log Landings
  Equipment Maintenance and Litter
  Harvest Closure
• Chapter 6
  (1.20MB) Site Preparation and Reforestation (pp 67-76)
  Reforestation / Regeneration Plan
• Chapter 7
  (852KB) Silvicultural Chemical Treatment (pp 77-84)
  Planning Considerations
• Chapter 8
  (1.28MB) Fire Management (pp 85-92)
  Wildfire
  Prescribed Burning
  Fire Line Construction Methods
• Chapter 9
  (2.84MB) Wetlands (pp 93-108)
  Description of Forested Wetland Types
  Site Preparation BMPs
  Access Systems
  BMPs for Wet Weather Operations
  Streamside Management Zones (SMZ)
  Where to Go for Wetlands Assistance
• Chapter 10
  (731KB) Regulations Pertaining to Water Quality and Forestry in Virginia (pp 109-118)
  Federal Clean Water Act
  Mandated Best Management Practices
  Silvicultural Operations in Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas (RPA)
  Silvicultural Water Quality Law
  Debris in Streams Law
• Chapter 11
  (722KB) Glossary (pp 119-128)
• Appendix A-1
  (1.77MB) BMP Specifications (pp 129-140)
   1 - Forest Roads
   2 - Skid Trails
   3 - Wing (Lead Off) Ditches
   4 - Culvert Sizes for Cross-Drainage of Roads
   5 - Broad Based Dip
• Appendix A-2
  (1.96MB) BMP Specifications (pp 141-152)
   6 - Rolling Dip
   7 - Water Bar
   8 - Temporary Fill Diversion
   9 - Temporary Slope Drain
  10 - Level Spreader
  11 - Temporary Sediment Trap
• Appendix A-3
  (1.48MB) BMP Specifications (pp 153-164)
  12 - Rock Check Dams
  13 - Mulching
  14 - Soil Stabilization Blankets and Matting
• Appendix A-4
  (1.84MB) BMP Specifications (pp 165-178)
  15 - Straw Bale Barrier
  16 - Silt Fence
  17 - Brush Barriers
  18 - Surface Roughening
• Appendix A-5
  (1.28MB) BMP Specifications (pp 179-184)
  19 - Geotextile
  20 - Geo Web®
  21 - Logging Entrance
• Appendix B
  (1.06MB) Planning Tools (pp 185-192)
  Slope Evaluation
  Evaluation of Aerial Photographs
  Evaluation of Soil Maps
  Evaluation of Topographic Maps
  Evaluation of Drainage Area
• Appendix C
  (458KB) Road Surface Area (pp 193-198)
  Determining Road Surface Area
  Determining Road Surface Material
• Appendix D
  (961KB) Revegetation (pp 199-208)
  Revegetation of Bare Soil Areas
• Appendix E
  (586KB) Agency Listing (pp 209-216)

[NOTE: This guide is TEMPORARILY OUT-OF-PRINT. It is expected that it will be reprinted in late 2009.]

Until a hardcopy version is reprinted, simply print out the PDF version for your needs.

For more information on Virginia's Forestry BMPs for Water Quality or to request a copy of the manual, contact Matt Poirot.

Also available, a pocket-sized
BMP Field Guide for use as your
on-the-job, quick-reference assistant!

Copies available from Matt Poirot.

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