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BMP ID: 177
Title: Include comprehensive strategy for limiting impacts to aquatic systems in new RMP
Text: "The new RMP should include a comprehensive strategy for limiting impacts to aquatic systems, including numeric standards on levels of hydrographic change (through both depletions and additions), change in water quality (both turbidity and chemical composition), and aquatic indicator species that can serve as the "canary in the coal mine," triggering changes in management activities before an ecological disaster can occur."
Source Publication Name: Western Heritage Alternative: A Sustainable Vision for the Public Lands and Resources of the Great Divide
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 16
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Planning / Environmental Review
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
P.O. Box 1512
Laramie, Wyoming  82073  United States
Phone:(307) 742-7978     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(307) 742-7989     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Aquatic and Riparian Values
Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Aquatic/Riparian Species
Vegetation Types:
• Riparian
General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:04 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-02-19 15:13 UTC