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  State’s Water Quality Protected by Forestry Commission Courtesy Exams web posted February 7, 2013 STATE – In what continues to be a long-running success story for the timber industry and the Forestry Commission, the voluntary guidelines known as Best Management Practices are protecting South Carolina jobs, land, and water every day of the year. In fact, South Carolina’s logging industry has a strong record of being proactive about protecting water. “We have 93 percent compliance with the guidelines laid out in our BMP program,” reported Guy Sabin, Environmental Program Manager for the Forestry Commission. BMPs provide guidelines for constructing logging roads, minimizing stream crossings, establishing buffer zones, and other aspects of forestry operations which could impact water quality. These standards are spelled out in an easy to understand guidebook published by the Commission. It’s available for free at www.trees.sc.gov, the agency’s website. In addition to the written guidance, specially trained foresters with the Commission also offer free courtesy exams statewide to keep loggers and landowners from running afoul of state and federal environmental protection laws. “Landowners and folks who work in the timber industry in South Carolina know how to run clean operations, so we don’t often have to refer cases to the Department of Health and Environmental Control,” Sabin says. “It’s just good business to stick to BMPS, and that’s why we see high voluntary compliance.” Forestry and timber products drive the economy in South Carolina, to the tune of $17.4 billion a year in economic impact. Among manufacturing sectors, forestry is number one in jobs and wages paid to South Carolinians. Landowners harvesting timber can get a free BMP Courtesy Exam by contacting the SC Forestry Commission at 803-896-8593. © Copyright 2012 - 2013 All material is property of
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