Best Management Practices for Forestry - Protecting Maine’s Water Quality
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Maine Forest ServiceThis handbook describes Best Management Practices, or BMPs, for protecting water quality during forest harvests. The BMPs include a wide range of recommended techniques that can be used before, during, and after logging operations. Loggers, foresters, and scientists from Maine and other states have developed these techniques from their own practical experience and research. This handbook is for woodlot owners, loggers, foresters, and others involved in harvest operations. The handbook will help you understand, identify, design, and implement water quality protection measures while meeting other harvest objectives.
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