(208)-875-1121 Facebook Home Products Forest Resources Sustainability About Us Contact Us Best Management Practices Best Management Practices are guidelines that help prevent or reduce the amount of environmental damage resulting from forest management activities such as timber harvest and road construction. The Idaho Forest Practices Act requires all timberland owners to comply with a stringent set of rules, or best management practices, designed by the Idaho Department of Lands to protect forests and water quality. All forest landowners must notify department personnel prior to commencing any management activity and are audited for compliance thereafter. Very little happens without knowledge and approval of an Idaho Department of Lands Forest Practices Supervisor. Bennett Lumber works closely with the Idaho Department of Lands to assure that BMP's are met or exceeded for all of our forest management activities. When it comes to management practices, Bennett Lumber is among the best. For example, we have received recognition as 'Forest Practice of the Year' from the Idaho Department of Lands for our management on Moscow Mountain. You can view the Idaho Forestry Best Management Practices Field Guide electronically or request a free hard company from any Idaho Department of Lands Office. Sustainability Sections Sustainable Forestry Initiative Sustainability Research Best Management Practices Afforestation Water Quality Wildlife Management Logger Education Visual Quality Management Landowner Resources © 2021 Bennett Lumber Products Inc. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Inland Cellular. Employee E-mail

(208)-875-1121 Facebook Home Products Forest Resources Sustainability About Us Contact Us Water Quality Most of the Idaho Forest Practices Act regulations relate to concerns about water quality. While some were enacted to protect forest and riparian areas, most cover proper road construction techniques, significantly reducing the major sources of sedimentation in forest streams. Regulations specifying the location and steepness of roads, the size and location of culverts, road construction, and surfacing specifications are designed to reduce or eliminate the delivery of sediment to the streams. Regulations governing the use of harvesting systems reduce the amount of road building and surface erosion. Bennett Lumber's forestry operators always exceed the Idaho Forest Practices standards. Our foresters use cable yarding systems and state-of-the-art mechanical harvest and forwarding systems to reduce the amount of road building needed to harvest our timber. We restrict road access during the off-season and seed the road surface with grasses to reduce surface erosion. Sustainability Sections Sustainable Forestry Initiative Sustainability Research Best Management Practices Afforestation Water Quality Wildlife Management Logger Education Visual Quality Management Landowner Resources © 2021 Bennett Lumber Products Inc. All Rights Reserved. Powered by Inland Cellular. Employee E-mail