This guidance is intended to assist state, regional, and local environmental professionals in tracking the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) used to control nonpoint source pollution generated by forestry practices. Information is provided on methods for sample site selection, sample size estimation, sampling, and result evaluation and presentation. The focus of the guidance is on the statistical approaches needed to properly collect and analyze data that are accurate and defensible. A properly designed BMP implementation monitoring program can save both time and money.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Cover, Title Page, and Table of Contents (PDF)(5 pp, 515 K)
- Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF)(6 pp, 79 K)
- Chapter 2 Sampling Design (PDF)(27 pp, 950 K)
- Chapter 3 Methods for Evaluating Data (PDF)(8 pp, 184 K)
- Chapter 4 Conducting the Evaluation (PDF)(19 pp, 600 K)
- Chapter 5 Presentation of Evaluation Results (PDF)(6 pp, 133 K)
- References (PDF)(5 pp, 694 K)
- Glossary (PDF)(7 pp, 792 K)
- Appendices A and B (PDF)(9 pp, 594 K)
- Index (PDF)(3 pp, 282 K)