Florida Division of Forestry Table of Contents
Silviculture Best Management Practices
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Special Management Zones

Best Management Practices

Appendices

Glossary

 

Acknowledgements  i
Foreword 1
Introduction: BMP History and Purpose 1
Monitoring and Regulatory Requirements 2
Special Management Zone
Introduction 3
Primary Zone 4
Secondary Zone 5
Stringers 5
Application of SMZs: 7
Perennial Streams 7
Intermittent Streams 10
Lakes, Sinkholes and Special Waters 12
Best Management Practices  
Introduction 15
Application of BMPs: 16
Public Lands 16
Wetlands 17
Canals 22
Sinkholes 24
Forest Roads 25
Stream Crossings 28
Timber Harvesting 31
Site Preparation and Planting 32
Fireline Construction 33
Pesticide and Fertilizer Application 34
Waste Disposal 35
Wet Weather Operations 36
Emergency Operations 37
Appendices 39
1 SMZ Widths/Site Management Recommendations(SSC) 40
2 Soil Erodibility/K-Factors of Florida Soils 58
3 Guide for Estimating K-Factors and Slope Category 62
4 OFWs, ONRWs, Class I Waters of Florida 64
5 Wetland Types 67
6 Seeding Rates for Vegetative Stabilization 68
7 Spacing for Road Drainage Structures 69
8 Road Drainage Design Illustrations 70
9 Culvert Sizing Tables 76
10 Special Management Zone Acreages Calculations 82
11 Exceptions to Primary Zone Management Criteria 83
12 Division of Forestry Field Offices 86
13 Water Management District Offices 88
14 US Army Corp of Engineers Offices 89
Glossary 91
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