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Good Management Practices in Forestry Reducing Diffuse Pollution from Forestry Related Activities in Galloway and Eskdalemuir Forests John Gorman Senior Environment Protection Officer Project Aims Improve Communication links with State and

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Good Management Practices in Forestry Reducing Diffuse Pollution from Forestry Related Activities in Galloway and Eskdalemuir Forests John Gorman Senior Environment Protection Officer

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Project Aims

 Improve Communication links with State and private forestry – liaison meetings  Workshops, awareness days, training & site visits, shared learning  Site inspections –clearfelling, restocking, drainage works, road construction, quarries, pesticide/herbicide/fertilisers applications  Help develop Best Practice Guide for forestry activities via DPMAG

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Main Problems

 Siltation from ground preparation, cultivation, harvesting and restocking  Contaminated run-off from roadways  Historical drainage systems  Standing sales  National disease obligations versus FWG5  Quarry runoff  Natural Regen  Waste

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What is Diffuse Pollution

River Cree at Bargrennan

3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 10-MAY-1956 06-MAR-1959 10-JAN-1961 06-OCT-1964 02-JUN-1969 07-AUG-1973 13-DEC-1977 26-JAN-1982 28-NOV-1984 28-JUL-1986 10-MAR-1988 19-JAN-1990 10-JAN-1992 04-FEB-1994 23-JUN-1995 09-APR-1997 16-DEC-1998 31-JUL-2001 05-APR-2004 23-OCT-2005 29-MAR-2007 04-SEP-2008 20-APR-2010 30-NOV-2011 23-JAN-2014 pH Units pH Harmful effects Chorionase enzyme

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River Cree at Bargrennan

3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 18-JAN-2000 29-NOV-2000 18-FEB-2002 10-FEB-2003 03-FEB-2004 02-SEP-2004 08-DEC-2004 04-OCT-2005 20-MAR-2006 31-AUG-2006 29-MAR-2007 02-OCT-2007 24-MAR-2008 06-OCT-2008 02-APR-2009 10-NOV-2009 17-JUN-2010 24-NOV-2010 20-OCT-2011 15-MAR-2012 15-NOV-2012 07-NOV-2013 pH Units pH Harmful effects Chorionase enzyme

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Forwarder brash track decomp

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Timber Stack near Burn

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Forestry Inspections

Summary – February 2015

Total Inspections 216 Compliant 159 [74%] Non Compliant 57 [26%] Pollution Incidents 48 GBR20 32 GBR21 46 GBR22 6

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Breaking the Source/Pathway/Receptor

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DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE, DRAINAGE !!

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CHRONOLOGICAL DRAINAGE REVIEW

 FWG2, 1991 [23 Years ago] prevent roadside drains discharging direct to watercourses; where unavoidable provide silt traps and maintain them regularly.  FWG3, 1993 [21 Years ago] Roadside drains carry high sediment load must not be allowed to directly connect to watercourses, re-direct to buffer areas  FWG4, 2003 [12 Years ago] Old drain clearing presents high risk of pollution, drains should be realigned to ensure volume flows onto vegetated ground and NOT into watercourses. Existing drains should not drain directly into watercourses  FWG5, 2011 [3 Years ago] Realign existing drains, avoid watercourse connections, redirect to buffer zones

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Historical roadside ditches

Disconnect

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Solution – Sump and Natural filter

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Receptor protected

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Disconnection FC Operations Note 25 - Roadside drain

Silt Trap Cut off Culvert Filter Zone Disconnect

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Communication

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Poor Communication & Site Responsibilities

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Poor Crossing Point

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Culvert Blocked

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New Grip Drain for spring water

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Dry Crossing Point

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Contractor Competency Dalwhat Burn

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Dalwhat Burn 1Km D/Stream

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Dalwhat Burn 4Km d/stream

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Galloway Flailing

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What & Why

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Working Quarries High Pollution Risks

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Poor Rock Quality & Gross Pollution

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Iron & Unknown Leachate

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Quarry Runoff

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Roadside Ditch Sump

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Grass Swale Soakaway

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Irish pipe bridges

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Polbae IPB Before

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Polbae IPB After

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Waste

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Contractor Waste Dumped in Woods

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Contractor Waste behind Caravan

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Good & Bad Forestry 1

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Good & Bad Forestry 2

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Good & Bad Forestry 3

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Terram Trials

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Terram in RSD

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SUMMARY

 A Good Management Practice “Champion”  Competency attainment for contractors  Contracts – Duties & Responsibilities  Urgent need for Do’s and Don’t’s Guide  Good Quality Site Pre-Planning, Work Plans- Pull out flow chart of key decisions & tick list

 Themes: [1] Clear lines of communication [2] Improved site management [3] Pollution prevention NOT remediation [4] Guidelines are’nt seasonal [5] Carrot and Stick [6] Scotland’s wet, Plan for it

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“The bitterness of poor Quality is remembered long after the sweet taste of low price has faded from memory”

Aldo Gucci

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“Quality is doing it right when no-one is looking”

Henry T Ford

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Thank you

John.Gorman@Sepa.Org.Uk Tel: 01671 402618