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Best Management Practices

November 2009

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A skidder pulling a hitch of trees to the log landing to be processed. When R.S. Audley Construction Company selected us as the sub-contractor to conduct the clearing exercise on the Manchester Airport Access Road we had 2 thoughts:

"The first one was GREAT, we now have a good job close to home" and the second one was "Holy Cow, everybody is going to be watching us to see how we handle the wetlands issues that are there."

Corduroy crossings were installed in two seasonal runoff drainages. The project supervisor, Brian Nordle, of Audley Construction, a seasoned veteran of the construction industry stated that all Best Management Practices (BMP's) would be followed on his watdch. He did not want this project to be slowed down because of practices that could cause damage to the seasonal drainages and the brook in the area.

The feller buncher moving logs to prepare the stream crossing at Sebbins Brook Under the direction of Jeff Eames and Robert Bolduc the job was laid out and several different wetland BMP crossing devices were prescribed. These crossings are designed to minimize any impact to the wetlands thus preventing any type of unexpected soil erosion. These soil stabilizing practices were not prescribed by the state however we knew that to keep the project moving along we had to implement them. Our training with installation of BMPs came from the UNH Co-Op Extension Service and workshops provided by the NH Timber Owners Association in conjunction with the NH Timber Harvesting Council. All of our employees maintain Professional Logger Program certification with the NH Timber Owners Association and they attend continuing education classes on a regular basis.

A major concern of Brian Nordle's was the Stebbins Brook crossing. This small waterway has a native brook trout population and it could not have any impact from the timber harvesting exercise. With that in mind we installed a portable skidder bridge to maintain the current water quality.

Sebbins Brook is flowing clean & clear after the land clearing exercise.

We are proud of our work to maintain excellent water quality while completing the project in a timely manner. Please enjoy the photos taken before, during and after the project. The job is complete and there was no impact to the water quality in Sebbins Brook.