TY - JOUR T1 - Best management practices for controlling nonpoint-source pollution on forested watersheds JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 164 LP - 167 VL - 40 IS - 1 AU - James A. Lynch AU - Edward S. Corbett AU - Keith Mussallem Y1 - 1985/01/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/40/1/164.abstract N2 - The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Forestry, developed a set of best management practices (BMPs) to limit and/or control non-point-source pollution from silvicultural activities. Nonpoint-source pollution in a forested watershed is characterized by changes in stream temperature, turbidity/sediment levels, and nutrient concentrations and export. A watershed study conducted on the Leading Ridge Experimental Watersheds in central Pennsylvania suggested that the BMPs were effective in controlling nonpoint-source pollution from a 44.5-hectare commercial clearcut. Slight increases in stream temperature, turbidity, and nitrate and potassium concentrations were observed, but these increases did not exceed drinking water standards. ER -