Utility of biological monitoring for detection of timber harvest effects on streams and evaluation of Best Management Practices: a review

Fortino, Kenneth; Hershey, Anne E.; Goodman, K. J.

doi:10.1899/0887-3593(2004)023<0634:uobmfd>2.0.co;2

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“…Thus, J-NABS has assumed a leadership position among scholarly journals in the development and the evaluation of approaches to studying landuse impacts on streams and other freshwater ecosystems (e.g., Lenat 1993, Pan et al 2000, Weigel 2003). Authors of J-NABS papers also have evaluated the appropriateness of various metrics for assessing landuse impacts (e.g., Fore et al 1996, Reynoldson et al 1997, Fortino et al 2004. Below, we address effects of 2 major land uses, agriculture and urbanization.…”

Section: Linkages Among Freshwater Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Winterkill cascade: indirect effects of a natural disturbance on littoral macroinvertebrates in boreal lakes

Tonn

Langlois

Prepas

et al. 2004

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

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Section: Linkages Among Freshwater Terrestrial and Marine Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Winterkill cascade: indirect effects of a natural disturbance on littoral macroinvertebrates in boreal lakes

Tonn

Langlois

Prepas

et al. 2004

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

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“…Prior to development and implementation of forestry BMPs, adverse impacts from forest operations to aquatic environments included increases in water temperature, deposition of fine sediment and increases in concentrations of nutrients and other chemicals, altered loading of coarse and fine organic matter in streams as well as disruption in stream channel form [7,8]. BMP guidelines were developed in the 1970s and refined over time as new information and practices were developed [1,5].…”

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“…Furthermore, reviews of forestry BMP research conclude that properly applied forestry BMPs protect water quality and critical habitat [1,2,10,11]. Specifically, forestry BMPs address potential impacts of sedimentation, temperature change, and changes in chemical regimes by significantly reducing or eliminating sediment, nutrient, and other pollution inputs [1][2][3]6,8,[10][11][12]. Following widespread BMP implementation in the United States, water quality impacts from forestry operations have been reduced by over 90% from operations in the pre-BMP era [2].…”

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Forestry Best Management Practices Relationships with Aquatic and Riparian Fauna: A Review

Warrington

Aust

Barrett

et al. 2017

Forests

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Forestry best management practices (BMPs) were developed to minimize water pollution from forestry operations by primarily addressing sediment and sediment transport, which is the leading source of pollution from silviculture. Implementation of water quality BMPs may also benefit riparian and aquatic wildlife, although wildlife benefits were not driving forces for BMP development. Therefore, we reviewed literature regarding potential contributions of sediment-reducing BMPs to conservation of riparian and aquatic wildlife, while realizing that BMPs also minimize thermal, nutrient, and chemical pollution. We reached five important conclusions: (1) a significant body of research confirms that forestry BMPs contribute to the protection of water quality and riparian forest structure; (2) data-specific relationships between forestry BMPs and reviewed species are limited; (3) forestry BMPs for forest road construction and maintenance, skid trails, stream crossings, and streamside management zones (SMZs) are important particularly for protection of water quality and aquatic species; (4) stream crossings should be carefully selected and installed to minimize sediment inputs and stream channel alterations; and (5) SMZs promote retention of older-age riparian habitat with benefits extending from water bodies to surrounding uplands. Overall, BMPs developed for protection of water quality should benefit a variety of riparian and aquatic species that are sensitive to changes in water quality or forest structure.

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“…Most North American jurisdictions have attempted to mitigate logging impacts on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems by implementing forest management guidelines, regulations and best management practices (e.g., Hanowski et al 2003, Bub et al 2004, Fortino et al 2004, Vowell and Frydenborg 2004, McCord et al 2007. One of the more common regulations is the application of riparian setback or restricted-harvest reserves intended to minimize tree removal, ground disturbance and channelled flow paths near streams and shorelines (Lee et al 2004).…”

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Operational and economic feasibility of logging within forested riparian zones

Holmes¹,

Kreutzweiser²,

Hamilton³

2010

The Forestry Chronicle

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The placement of riparian setbacks around water bodies has been shown to reduce logging impacts on aquatic and riparian communities and processes. However, the systematic application of no-harvest riparian setbacks can result in unnatural, linear patterns of older-growth forest across the landscape, a pattern that is inconsistent with the goal of emulating natural disturbances. Partial harvesting within riparian zones could provide a partial solution to this problem. As part of a larger project to evaluate the environmental consequences of partial harvesting within stream riparian zones of boreal mixedwood forests, we measured wood volumes removed from riparian zones and compared feller buncher productivity between partially harvested riparian zones and adjacent clearcut uplands. On average, from 20% to 33% of the total basal area (27% to 39% of the spruce/pine/fir basal area) was removed from the riparian zones. The riparian harvest resulted in considerable heterogeneity in residual stand structure, however, with basal areas within 50-m segments along the streams ranging from just over 50% to >95% remaining. Our results suggest that, even though the absolute effort required to harvest trees was greater in riparian zones, the larger average size of the trees more than compensated, so that the wood volume removed per unit effort was higher in riparian zones than in clearcuts.Key words: machine productivity, partial harvest, residual stand structure, riparian zone RÉSUMÉ La préservation de bandes riveraines le long des cours d' eau a démontré qu' elle réduisait les effets de l' exploitation forestière sur les écosystèmes et les processus aquatiques et riverains. Cependant, l'application systématique des bandes riveraines sans exploitation peut entraîner la formation de peuplements linéaires non naturels de vieilles forêts dans le paysage, un modèle qui est contraire à l' objectif de reproduction des perturbations naturelles. Une coupe partielle réalisée dans les zones riveraines pourrait constituer une solution partielle à ce problème. En tant qu' élément d'un projet plus vaste cherchant à évaluer les effets sur l' environnement d'une coupe partielle dans la bande riveraine d'une forêt nordique constituée d' essences mélangées, nous avons mesuré les volumes de bois retirés des bandes riveraines et comparé la productivité d'une abatteuse-groupeuse dans les bandes riveraines partiellement coupées et dans les zones adjacentes coupées en totalité. En moyenne, de 20% à 33% de la surface terrière totale (27% à 39% de la surface terrière des épinettes/pins/sapins) a été retirée des bandes riveraines. La récolte dans les bandes a permis d' obtenir une hétérogénéité importante de la structure du peuplement résiduel, mais la surface terrière des segments de 50 m laissés le long des cours d' eau variait de tout juste plus de 50% à plus de 95%. Nos résultats laissent entendre que, même si l' effort absolu requis pour récolter les arbres était plus prononcé dans les bandes riveraines, la grosseur moyenne plus important...

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Utility of biological monitoring for detection of timber harvest effects on streams and evaluation of Best Management Practices: a review

Cited by 27 publications

References 59 publications

Winterkill cascade: indirect effects of a natural disturbance on littoral macroinvertebrates in boreal lakes

Winterkill cascade: indirect effects of a natural disturbance on littoral macroinvertebrates in boreal lakes

Forestry Best Management Practices Relationships with Aquatic and Riparian Fauna: A Review

Operational and economic feasibility of logging within forested riparian zones

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