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Best Management Practices
Board Approved
- BMPs for Athletic Fields & School Grounds (Adopted by BPC 2/24/2012) (PDF)
- BMPs for the Application of Aquatic Herbicides in Private Ponds (Adopted by BPC 6/15/2007) (PDF)
- See Aquatic Herbicides for more information.
- Guidance for the Application of Pesticides in Forest Settings in Order to Minimize the Risk of Discharges to Surface Waters - (Adopted by BPC 6-5-15) (PDF)
- BMPs for Application of Turf Pesticides and Fertilizers (Approved by BPC 2009) (PDF)
Recommended
- State of Maine Best Management Practices for Pest Prevention and Management in Maine Medical Marijuana Cultivation (PDF)
- Maine Invasive Plant Fact Sheets—Maine Natural Areas Program and University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- Regional Clean Water Guidelines for Fertilization of Urban Turf—The Northeast Voluntary Turf Fertilizer Initiative
More on Turf Best Management Practices
- WIN-PST data for turf pesticides (PDF)
- What does EATHuman mean? Understanding WIN-PST acronyms
- Turf BMP Presentation (PDF)
- Related Links to Other Sites
- Turf Pesticides and Cancer Risk Database at Cornell University
- USDA-NRCS - WIN-PST Database
- UC-IPM - About the WIN-PST Database
- Friends of Casco Bay and BPC Surface Water Sampling Results (PDF)
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