Identification of categories, subcategories, or 

 specific nonpoint sources that contribute sig- 

 nificant pollution to those navigable waters 



Description of the process for identifying best 

 management practices and measures to control NPS 

 and to reduce pollution levels 



Identification and description of state and local 

 programs for controlling NPS pollution. 



The state management program must specify the BMPs and 

 measures that will be used to reduce pollution and describe 

 the programs that will be utilized to implement those BMPs. 

 The management program must also provide an implementation 

 schedule, certification by the state attorney general, and a 

 discussion of available funding. 



The assessment and management programs for the state of 

 Montana were submitted to EPA on August 4, 1988. 



Silviculture Programs and Activities 



Environmental Quality Council . House Joint Resolution 

 (HJR) 49, enacted by the 1987 Montana Legislature, directed 

 the Environmental Quality Council (EQC) to conduct an interim 

 study on the relationship between forest management and 

 watershed effects in Montana. Specific objectives of the 

 study are to evaluate: 



• How current forest management practices affect 

 Montana watersheds 



• The range of management practices that both 

 conserve watersheds and maintain the economic 

 viability of forestry operations 



• The existing administrative framework (regulatory 

 and voluntary) 



• Actions that would achieve both watershed and 

 timber goals if determined that such actions are 

 needed. 



The EQC has established a Best Management Practices 

 Technical Committee and a Watershed Effects Working Group to 

 assist them in this effort. The Best Management Practices 

 Technical Committee is responsible for developing a set of 

 forest management practices that will conserve watershed 



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