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Knoppow, Brianna

From: Chumble, Prasad

Sent: Monday, May 23, 2016 3:41 PM

To: Knoppow, Brianna

Subject: FW: Follow-Up Material from March 24th Meeting

Attachments: Field Guide 2014 Revised JUNE 13 2014.pdf; BMPComplianceReport_2002.pdf; 

BOFATTCH_20150909_02_01.pdf; MOUdeqODF.pdf; 2013 Compliance Audit Report 

PDF.pdf; AOL 2105 Annual Report.pdf; DSCN4476.JPG; DSCN4484.JPG; DSCN4503.JPG; 

DSCN4605.JPG

Categories: Word Docs or PDFs

From: ABRAHAM Kyle * ODF [mailto   

Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 3:19 PM

To: Chumble, Prasad

Cc: Chip Murray >; DAUGHERTY Peter * ODF ; Gary Schiff

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Subject: Follow‐Up Material from March 24th Meeting

Hi Prasad, 

Hope you are doing well. 

I wanted to thank you and Allison for the excellent discussion last week. I appreciated hearing various ways in which 

States approach water quality protection from forest roads. During the discussion there were a few follow-up items that I 

promised to send your way. 

Please find two Compliance Audit Reports, one from 2002 and one more recently from 2013. As we discussed, the 2014 

final report is under review and should be available shortly. In the meantime, an attachment from a Board of Forestry 

Staff Report from September 2015 describes key points between the 2013 and 2014 final reports. The field guide 

(monitoring protocol) for the compliance audit is also included for your information. 

During our discussion we also talked about how operator training increases awareness of BMPs and may be leading to 

higher compliance rates with BMPs over time. We recently received a copy of the 2015 annual report from Associated 

Oregon Loggers with whom ODF has an MOU for operator training. In the brief report you will find that ODF and AOL 

have performed logger training for over 15 years with this program. 

We also discussed linkages between state forestry departments and environmental quality agencies. In Oregon’s case, this 

is the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. The two agencies have a 

long history of working together to achieve natural resource protections. This relationship is illuminated in the attached 

MOU. The MOU describes how the Board of Forestry is responsible for establishing BMPs to insure, to the maximum 

extent practicable, nonpoint sources of pollution do not impair the water quality standards established by the 

Environmental Quality Commission. 

To help break up all the pages of text that I have sent you I’ve also included a few photos from a recent field tour that was 

hosted by the Tillamook State Forest regarding the concern about legacy roads. Legacy roads pose a unique situation in 

that attempts to reduce sediment delivery risk likely involve removing vegetation and 40+ year old trees. As mentioned 

during our discussion, if a road is reconstructed under Oregon’s BMPs that road is required to be brought up to current 

standards and where inactive roads exist there is also a regulatory requirement for BMPs. 
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Thanks for the opportunity and I am happy to provide any other information or attempt to answer follow-up questions. 

Take care, 

Kyle Abraham 

Water Quality Specialist 

Private Forests Division

Oregon Department of Forestry 

2600 State Street. Salem, Oregon 97310