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related) are delineated in Table VI-C9 and identified on Plate I . 

 Although forestry practices are not the primary source of water quality 

 degradation in the Smith River drainage, such activities certainly 

 contribute to non-point pollution and complicate detrimental effects 

 of other land use activities. 



Prevention and mitigation measures must be applied on a basin-wide basis 

 to effectively deal with the previously identified problems. The most 

 comprehensive measures include: 1) restriction of silvicultural (and 

 other) activities that could further impact existing problem areas; 

 2) conduct basin-wide inventories to assess physical limitations of 

 the watershed and identify water resource needs; 3) coordination of 

 silvicultural (and other) activities among various land managers in 

 accordance with watershed limitations, particularly in drainages already 

 impacted; 4) pursue watershed rehabilitation and protection measures 

 (i.e., reforestation, road reclamation, streambank stabilization); 

 5) promote or require use of BMP's in both silvicultural and agricultural 

 activities. 



