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Forestry Best Management Practices

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Figure 5-1.   Pole ford for small stream crossings.

Figure C-1.   Place fill directly over a culvert higher than the road approach to prevent surface road runoff from draining onto the crossing structure and into the stream.

Figure C-2.   Diversion ditch.

Figure C-3.  Install culverts so there is no change in the stream bottom elevation.

Figure C- 4.   Installation of culverts.

Figure C-5a.  Use riprap around the inlet of culverts.

Figure C-5b.  Use geotextile filter fabric for permanent installations.

Figure C-6.   Typical road designs form drainage and stability.

Figure C-7.   Cross-drain culvert.

Figure C-8.   Open-top log culvert.

Figure C-9.   Broad-based dip.

Figure C-10.   Water bar.

Figure C-11a.   Straw bale fencing to slow runoff and trap sediment for sheet flow and channelized flow.

Figure C-11b.   Silt fencing to slow runoff and trap sediment for sheet flow, not channelized flow.

Figure C-11c.  A sediment trap to slow runoff and trap sediment for channelized flow.

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