Best Manage men Practices (BMPs) are practices, techniques or measures for preventing or reducing nonpoint source pollution to levels compatible with water quality goals. By recognizing that individual BMPs have limited effectiveness, they are often discussed in terms of combinations, which together can attain substantial non-point source reduction benefits and help address water quantity concerns.

High Island Creek Clean Water Partnership BMPs:
A variety of Best Management Practices are available to residents and landowners in the watershed, including cost-share and incentive payments.
* Open tile intake alternative (rock tile & slotted riser) structures and practices,
* Cover crops following green pea (late planting) and sugar beet harvest,
* Structural practices (water & sediment control basins, terraces, and grade control),
* Vegetative practices (filter strips, riparian buffers & grassed waterways),
* Farmable Wetland Program (FWP) for up to 10 acres of wetlands,
* CP23A Wetland Restoration Program,
* Individual Sewage Treatment Systems (Septic Systems) Low-interest Loan Program

Other Agricultural BMPs:
* Nutrient Management,
* Residue Management,
* Livestock Waste Management,
* Improving Soil Quality,
* Pasture Management,
* Composting,
* Pest Management
* Wetlands, Woodlands & Wildlife

Urban and Rural BMPs:
* Rain Gardens,
* Recycling Programs,
* Environmental Friendly Household Water Tips,
* Residential Water Quality Tips,
* Storm Water Drainage,
* Household Hazardous Waste,
* Construction Site Erosion Control

Other BMPs:
* Pesticide Container Rinsing,
* Streambank Restoration Practices,
* Septic System Maintenance