PotlatchDeltic's Commitment to Water Quality
PotlatchDeltic, a major timberland owner, emphasizes its commitment to water quality protection through Best Management Practices (BMPs). These include:
1. Streamside Management Zones (SMZs): Unharvested or lightly harvested buffers along streams to capture runoff and sediment, stabilize banks, and provide wildlife habitat.
2. Proper logging road design and construction to minimize sediment and protect water quality.
3. Logging methods that disconnect surface water flow from exposed soil.
The company highlights its Mica Creek Experimental Watershed, a 6,672-acre 'living laboratory' in Idaho, where a multi-decade study shows that forest management adhering to Idaho Forest Practices Act BMPs has minimal adverse effects on streams or aquatic life.
PotlatchDeltic, un importante proprietario di terreni forestali, sottolinea il suo impegno per la protezione della qualità dell'acqua attraverso le Migliori Pratiche di Gestione (BMP). Queste includono:
1. Zone di Gestione a Lato Dello Stream (SMZ): Aree non raccolte o leggermente raccolte lungo i corsi d'acqua per catturare il deflusso e i sedimenti, stabilizzare le sponde e fornire habitat per la fauna selvatica.
2. Progettazione e costruzione adeguata delle strade forestali per minimizzare i sedimenti e proteggere la qualità dell'acqua.
3. Metodi di abbattimento che scollegano il flusso d'acqua superficiale dal suolo esposto.
L'azienda evidenzia il suo Bacino Sperimentale di Mica Creek, un 'laboratorio vivente' di 6,672 acri in Idaho, dove uno studio decennale mostra che la gestione forestale che aderisce alle BMP previste dalla legge sulle pratiche forestali dell'Idaho ha effetti avversi minimi sui corsi d'acqua o sulla vita acquatica.
PotlatchDeltic, un importante propietario de terrenos forestales, destaca su compromiso con la protección de la calidad del agua a través de las Mejores Prácticas de Manejo (BMP). Estas incluyen:
1. Zonas de Manejo a Orillas de Corrientes (SMZ): Áreas no cosechadas o cosechadas ligeramente a lo largo de los corrientes para capturar escorrentías y sedimentos, estabilizar los bancos y proporcionar hábitats para la fauna silvestre.
2. Diseño y construcción adecuados de caminos de tala para minimizar los sedimentos y proteger la calidad del agua.
3. Métodos de tala que desconectan el flujo de agua superficial del suelo expuesto.
La empresa resalta su Cuenca Experimental de Mica Creek, un 'laboratorio vivo' de 6,672 acres en Idaho, donde un estudio de varias décadas muestra que la gestión forestal que cumple con las BMP de la Ley de Prácticas Forestales de Idaho tiene efectos adversos mínimos en los ríos o la vida acuática.
PotlatchDeltic는 주요 임업 소유자로서 수질 보호에 대한 의지를 강조하며 최선의 관리 관행(BMP)을 채택하고 있습니다. 주요 내용은 다음과 같습니다:
1. 하천 옆 관리 구역(SMZ): 하천을 따라 수확되지 않거나 경미하게 수확된 완충구역으로, 유출수와 침전을 포집하고, 제방을 안정시키며, 야생 동물 서식지를 제공합니다.
2. 적절한 벌목 도로 설계 및 건설: 침전을 최소화하고 수질을 보호합니다.
3. 벌목 방법: 노출된 토양에서 표면수 흐름을 차단합니다.
회사는 아이다호에 위치한 6,672에이커 규모의 '살아있는 실험실'인 Mica Creek 실험 유역를 강조하며, 여러 세대에 걸친 연구 결과 아이다호 산림 실천법의 BMP를 준수하는 산림 관리가 하천이나 수생 생물에 미치는 부정적인 영향이 최소화된다는 것을 보여줍니다.
PotlatchDeltic, un important propriétaire de terres forestières, met en avant son engagement envers la protection de la qualité de l'eau à travers les Meilleures Pratiques de Gestion (BMP). Cela inclut :
1. Zones de Gestion en Bordure des Cours d'Eau (SMZ): Zones non récoltées ou légèrement récoltées le long des cours d'eau pour capturer les eaux de ruissellement et les sédiments, stabiliser les rives et fournir des habitats pour la faune sauvage.
2. Conception et construction appropriées des chemins de récolte pour minimiser les sédiments et protéger la qualité de l'eau.
3. Méthodes d'abattage qui déconnectent le flux d'eau de surface du sol exposé.
L'entreprise met en lumière son Bassin Expérimental de Mica Creek, un 'laboratoire vivant' de 6 672 acres dans l'Idaho, où une étude de plusieurs décennies montre que la gestion forestière respectant les BMP de la Loi sur les Pratiques Forestières de l'Idaho a des effets adverses minimaux sur les cours d'eau ou la vie aquatique.
PotlatchDeltic, ein bedeutender Waldbesitzer, betont sein Engagement für den Schutz der Wasserqualität durch die besten Bewirtschaftungspraktiken (BMP). Dazu gehören:
1. Ufermanagementzonen (SMZ): Unbewirtschaftete oder leicht bewirtschaftete Pufferzonen entlang von Gewässern, um Oberflächenabfluss und Sedimente zu erfassen, Bankstabilität zu gewährleisten und Lebensräume für Wildtiere bereitzustellen.
2. Angemessene Planung und Bau von Forststraßen, um Sedimente zu minimieren und die Wasserqualität zu schützen.
3. Abbaumethoden, die den Oberflächenwasserfluss vom freiliegenden Boden trennen.
Das Unternehmen hebt sein Mica Creek Experimentelles Einzugsgebiet hervor, ein 6.672 Hektar großes 'lebendes Labor' in Idaho, wo eine jahrzehntelange Studie zeigt, dass die Waldbewirtschaftung gemäß den BMPs des Idaho Forest Practices Act minimale negative Auswirkungen auf Gewässer oder aquatische Lebensformen hat.
- Implementation of comprehensive water quality Best Management Practices (BMPs)
- Establishment of the Mica Creek Experimental Watershed for long-term environmental impact studies
- Scientific studies show PotlatchDeltic's BMPs effectively protect water quality and aquatic habitats
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NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 19, 2024 / Over 50 percent of the nation's drinking water originates from forests and timberland owners play an important role in protecting water quality. The role of water quality BMPs is to conserve and protect water quality by minimizing sediment through the filtering ability of natural vegetation and erosion control measures adjacent to water bodies. BMPs include practices such as leaving streamside management zones (SMZs) during harvest, properly designing and constructing logging roads, and using logging methods and equipment that protect water quality.
SMZs are unharvested or lightly harvested buffers that run along the length of streams and are designed to capture runoff and sediment. The SMZs provide significant other benefits, including stabilizing the banks of streams and acting as a source of food for aquatic organisms. By retaining trees alongside the streams, SMZs also shade the water's surface from direct sunlight and significantly reduce radiative heating, keeping streams cool and clear, a particularly important objective in northern regions where cold-water fisheries are present. Riparian areas are important habitats for wildlife species and SMZs can provide wildlife with favorable habitat and travel corridors.
In addition to SMZs, proper design and construction of logging roads and use of logging methods and equipment that protect water quality are key components of our BMP implementation program in our Environmental Management System. Objectives include preventing surface water from flowing directly into a stream, keeping debris away from drainage zones, and minimizing sediment. Sediment is minimized for harvesting operations through BMPs that are designed to disconnect surface flow in areas where equipment may have exposed soil. Disconnecting is accomplished by building small earthen diversions or placing treetops or "slash" where water may flow, moving it off exposed soils, slowing the runoff, and causing the water to filter into the forest floor, which traps sediment.
Road construction, reconstruction, and maintenance can be a source of sediment that negatively impacts water quality and fisheries' habitats. Our roads are designed to avoid or minimize stream crossings and to cross streams at right angles. If roads cross streams, we implement BMPs on all crossings to minimize stream sediment. Permanent stream crossings use bridges or culverts and are designed to protect the approaches to crossings from erosion. Proper road drainage is ensured using dips, bridges, and culverts, with an objective to disperse water away from the road and promote filtration into the soil.
The effectiveness of water quality BMPs implemented during harvesting, road building and site preparation has been the focus of numerous scientific studies. The results repeatedly show that the BMPs protect water quality and provide for healthy aquatic habitats supporting fish, aquatic insects, and mussels and clean water for human use and consumption.
Thirty years ago, we established the Mica Creek Experimental Watershed - an area southeast of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, comprising the 6,672-acre catchments of Mica Creek, a tributary of the St. Joe River. We created this "living laboratory" for one main reason: to conduct a multi-decade study of the effects of contemporary water quality BMPs on stream quality. Conclusions to date show that forest management that adheres to Idaho Forest Practices Act BMPs has little to no adverse effect on streams or aquatic life.
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