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Water Quality Management for National Forest System Lands in CaliforniaBest Management Practices
Best Management Practices The Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) is the designated Water Quality Management Agency for National Forest System lands in California. The agency has developed and is implementing its Water Quality Management Plan, entitled Water Quality Management for National Forest System Lands in California. This plan, which is part of the State of California's Nonpoint Source Management Plan, outlines Forest Service Best Management Practices (BMPs) that have been certified by the State Water Quality Control Board and approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. It is through the proper application, monitoring, and revision of these BMPs that the agency meets requirements of various provisions of the Clean Water Act and Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act and fulfills its obligations as a WQMA. Please contact the Regional Hydrologist at 707-562-8955 for additional information. Stream Condition Inventory Technical Guide
Version 5.0, July 2005 The purpose of the Pacific Southwest Region Stream Condition Inventory (SCI) is to collect intensive and repeatable data from stream reaches to document existing stream condition and make reliable comparisons over time within or between stream reaches. SCI is therefore an inventory and monitoring program. It is designed to assess effectiveness of management actions on streams in managed watersheds (non-reference streams) as well as to document stream conditions over time in watersheds with little or no past management or that have recovered from historic management effects (reference streams). The SCI consists of stream features, or attributes, protocols for field measurement, inventory procedures, quality assurance/quality control, and standardized forms for data collection. For additional information, please contact:
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