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Introduction

Best Management Practices (BMPs) are the cornerstone of the forestry community’s approach to protecting water resources during and after forest treatments, commonly referred to as management activities. Design and testing of effective BMPs requires an understanding of basic watershed functions, erosion and sedimentation processes, and interactions between these processes and aquatic resources. Implementation of effective BMPs, once designed, requires continuous education of an ever-changing population of forestry practitioners and landowners. Measuring the success of BMP programs requires regular and credible surveying of BMP implementation. This chapter addresses each of these topics independently.