WRIA 1 Watershed Management Project
Management Option Catalog

Catalog Index  LM3.3

Category Land Management Options

Sub-Category Forest Best Management Practices

Option Forest Road Best Management Practices 

Definition

Forest road best management practices would involve identification of best management practices for building, maintaining and retiring of forest harvest roads to minimize impacts on public waters, especially involving stream crossings and culverts.


Location WRIA 1

Benefits Fish Habitat:

  • Forest road best management practices could control sedimentation.

  • Forest road best management practices could maintain access to habitat above stream crossings.
Water Quantity:

  • None listed in database.
Water Quality:

  • Forest road best management practices could reduce introduction of fine sediments into public waters.

  • Forest road best management practices could minimize the possibility of hydrocarbon contamination during road building.

  • Forest road best management practices could reduce introduction of sediments for road blowouts.
Instream Flows:

  • None listed in database.
Other:
  • None listed in database.
Challenges

None listed in database.
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