Management - Toxicants

Management practices to reduce the load of toxicants entering a wetland:

• Adequate buffer zones
• Chemical application method, rates and timing
• Farm management systems (chemicals)
• Government regulation
• Organic (non-chemical) farming
• Point source licensing and enforcement
• Spill prevention and control/response plans
• Various management practices that reduce erosion/soil loss as some chemicals bind to sediments (see aquatic sediment stressor)

Management practice indicators Management practice indicator:% of urban area under an active urban stormwater management plan Management practice indicator:% of farms using current best management practices (chemical)