Specifications include, but are not limited to: Track A: Assist the State of Vermont in identifying the full spectrum of forestland phosphorus and sediment reduction potential through the following: • Locate and characterize forestland phosphorous and sediment critical source areas (i.e. areas with a risk of erosion) within the Vermont sections of the Lake Champlain and Memphremagog basins. • Categorize forestland critical source areas by forestland BMP solutions (e.g., AMP implementation, remediation of legacy/historic forest erosion, etc.). • Prioritize locations to target field verification assessments and project development. Critical source area identification may assess soil chemistry, topography, vegetative cover, slope, hydrologic connectivity, site susceptibility to predicted changes in climate, forestland use activities (i.e. forestry/logging, maple sugarbush operations, outdoor recreation etc.) and other site conditions to identify locations presenting the greatest risk of erosion, phosphorous loading, or suggesting evidence of historical or active erosion or discharge and potentially warranting on-site evaluation. Track B: Assist the State of Vermont in establishing forestland BMP phosphorus and sediment accounting methods through the following: • Develop method to estimate phosphorus and sediment load reductions associated with the following suites of forestland BMP implementation: o AMP implementation, including use of portable skidder bridges at stream crossings, o Use Value Appraisal (UVA) Program compliance, o Remediation of legacy/historic forest erosion, and o Remediation of erosion associated with forest road and trail networks and other recreational access points.6 • Determine estimated design life of each forestland BMP or suite of forestland BMPs. • Determine data inputs required to support methodology to estimate forestland BMP phosphorus and sediment load reductions. Method to estimate phosphorus and sediment reductions and data input requirements must be feasible to apply within the State of Vermont’s funding and regulatory reporting streams. Method should incorporate estimates of baseload associated with forestland being “treated” consistent with TMDL calibrated loading rates. Phosphorus reductions should then be applied as a percent reduction “efficiency” to the base load being “treated” to be consistent with other accounting methods. A design life must be identified for each project/practice-type that indicates the duration in which phosphorus reduction credit can be claimed on an annual basis.