Water Quality & BMPs
…or other existing sources. PDF 2011 Forestry BMP Survey Highlights PDF 1999 – 2009 Georgia Trout Stream BMP’s Interpretation addendum Georgia’s forestry BMP manual (revised in 1999 and 2009) recommends…
How Foresters, Loggers, Forest Owners and the Forest Industry Became Champions for Clean Water
…attend formal BMP training workshops, include BMPs in timber sale contracts and procure wood exclusively from landowners who implement BMPs. State forestry water resource programs and BMP guidelines are designed…
Forests for Georgia, Georgia for Forests
…following Best Management Practices (BMPs) to protect these water resources. It is important for all Georgians to protect and support the ecosystems that support and protect us. HEALTHY HABITATS From…
Forests & Water: A Critical Combination
…concerning forestry operations, water, and systems that protect our waterways. Those systems are known as Best Management Practices, or BMP’s. The GFC monitors forestry activities to deliver a statewide BMP…
1999 – 2009 Georgia Trout Stream BMP’s Interpretation addendum
Georgia’s forestry BMP manual (revised in 1999 and 2009) recommends a 100 foot wide Streamside Management Zone, measured from the stream bank horizontally outward away from the stream; to be implemented on all Georgia designated primary or secondary trout streams – and tributaries (p. 11 Georgia’s BMPs for Forestry manual).
2019 BMP Brochure – Sustaining Your Forest and Georgia’s Water Quality
Forestry BMPs are an important part of the practice of sustainable forestry. Simply defined, sustainable forestry is ” … the management of forests to meet the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations.”
2021 Forestry BMP Survey Highlights
The Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) has completed its 2021 Forestry BMP Implementation Survey covering 260 randomly selected sites statewide.
2019 Best Management Practices – BMPs
Information for landowners, foresters, timber buyers, loggers, site preparation and reforestation contractors, and others involved with silvicultural operations about common-sense, economical and effective practices to minimize non-point source pollution (soil erosion and stream sedimentation) and thermal pollution. These minimum practices are called BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES and are commonly referred to as BMPs.
2023 Forestry BMP Survey Results Report
Results of Georgia’s 2023 Silvicultural Best Management Practices Implementation and Compliance Survey
