Best Management Practices for silviculture

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Best Management Practices for silviculture

• Cathy Hardin
• BMP Forester
• Florida Division of Forestry

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Bienniel Survey

• The Division of Forestry has been tasked with
  monitoring (not enforcing) BMP compliance
• This is accomplished through a statewide survey
  every other year
• Results are published in a public report
  available through your BMP forester

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Bienniel Survey -process

• Fly over each county identifying recent
  silviculture activity and logging it using GPS
• Using property appraiser web sites, determine
  landowner.
• Contact landowner to confirm work has been done
  recently, it is for silvicultural purposes, and
  request permission to do a survey on their
  property
• Perform an audit on the site and inform the
  landowner of the results
• Compile data

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Bienniel Survey
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What else does DOF do with BMPs?

• Delegated by the Department of
• Environmental Protections State Water
• Quality Program to be responsible for
• Development of BMPs
• Training in the use of BMPs
• Educating the public on the silvicultural use of
  BMPs to protect water quality

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Training

• Workshops
• Landowner
• Industry
• Public agencies
• Courtesy Audits
• Tailgate training

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Educating

• Newspaper and magazine articles
• Demonstration properties
• Presentations to schools and FFA classes
• Speaking engagements with conservation groups

• Displays at fairs and festivals
• Landowner workshops
• Distributing compliance reports to county
  commissions and water management districts.