Support BMP monitoring within the Central Appalachian CBA

Christopher Gibbons

Aug 14, 2018

Who is doing the monitoring? How are they monitoring? What is the monitoring criteria? Who creates that criteria? What is the system for disagreeing with the results of that monitoring?

Ashley Hawk

Oct 12, 2018

Monitoring of BMPs is absolutely essential to ensuring that correct measures are taking place to ensure protections of water quality and soil impacts. Currently a lot of monitoring is already being done under existing due diligence efforts that can be integrated into a certificate holders' potential risk mitigation plan. However, as the previous poster asks, what is the system for monitoring?

Participate in the discussion forum to share ideas and provide feedback about practical actions that companies can take to promote positive impacts on forest management, and reduce the risk of procuring wood from forests where important ecological values are threatened.

The forum is organized by each Regional Meeting with each Specified Risk Topic listed under each meeting:

Asheville (Appalachian Region)
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Support BMP monitoring within the Central Appalachian CBA

Participate in the discussion forum to share ideas and provide feedback about practical actions that companies can take to promote positive impacts on forest management, and reduce the risk of procuring wood from forests where important ecological values are threatened.

The forum is organized by each Regional Meeting with each Specified Risk Topic listed under each meeting:

Asheville (Appalachian Region)

Atlanta (Southeast/Mississippi Alluvial Valley Regions)

Portland (Pacific Coast/Rocky Mountain Regions)

Please post your comments and mitigation ideas under the correct topic. Example: To suggest a mitigation idea for Houston Toad, go into "Atlanta Meeting", find "Houston Toad" and add your comment within that section.

Please keep all comments as succinct as possible, and be respectful of others and their ideas. Moderators will remove any inappropriate content.

If you have any general questions, please fill out the contact form, or email standardsforum@us.fsc.org.

Want to post anonymously? Send your comments with the specific topic to standardsforum@us.fsc.org to be posted.

Support BMP monitoring within the Central Appalachian CBA

Participate in the discussion forum to share ideas and provide feedback about practical actions that companies can take to promote positive impacts on forest management, and reduce the risk of procuring wood from forests where important ecological values are threatened.

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The forum is organized by each Regional Meeting with each Specified Risk Topic listed under each meeting:

Asheville (Appalachian Region)​

Atlanta (Southeast/Mississippi Alluvial Valley Regions)

Portland (Pacific Coast/Rocky Mountain Regions)

Please post your comments and mitigation ideas under the correct topic. Example: To suggest a mitigation idea for Houston Toad, go into "Atlanta Meeting", find "Houston Toad" and add your comment within that section.

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Please keep all comments as succinct as possible, and be respectful of others and their ideas. Moderators will remove any inappropriate content.

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If you have any general questions, please fill out the contact form, or email standardsforum@us.fsc.org.

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Want to post anonymously? Send your comments with the specific topic to standardsforum@us.fsc.org to be posted.

Asheville (Appalachian Region)