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BMP ID: 1030
Title: Avoid restricting corridors such that a bottleneck is created
Text: "Big Game Migration Corridors: Within broader migration corridors exceeding 0.5 mi width, the recommended management prescription is to maintain options for animal movement along the corridor and to avoid further constricting the corridor such that a bottleneck is created."
Source Publication Name: Recommendations for Development of Oil and Gas Resources within Crucial and Important Wildlife Habitats (2004 and 2009 editions)
Citation Section: IMPACT THRESHOLDS, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND MITIGATION PRESCRIPTIONS - TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES
Citation Page: 23
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Steve Tessmann
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
5400 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, Wyoming  82006  United States
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Categories: Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Big Game
Vegetation Types:
• Shrub lands
General Comments:
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-16 12:05 UTC