Title: Describe federal and state laws pertaining to forestry and water quality, and the agency’s responsible for enforcing them.
Course: Forestry Management, Advanced (18502-II) > Section: Using Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) to Harvest Timber Products

Description should include

- National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
- Clean Water Act (1972)
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (1988)
- Virginia Silvicultural Water Quality Law
- Virginia Debris in Stream Law
- Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
- Virginia Department of Forestry (DOF)
- Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR)
- Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does the Clean Water Act affect planning a harvesting operation?
- Why are regulations important for environmental protection?
- What agencies are responsible for enforcing water quality laws in Virginia?
- Why does the DOF have professional foresters and technicians assigned to every county and city to provide landowner services, wildfire protection, and timber harvest inspections?
- Where can landowners get information on forest fire prevention and protection, forest management, forest health, and forestland conservation?
- How does the DOF serve the citizens of Virginia?
- What is Project Learning Tree?