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BMP ID: 2213
Title: Buffer breeding habitat
Text: "Although adequate buffer distances are unknown, because of the tendency for brooding females and nesting yearling females to avoid gas field infrastructure, areas designated as suitable breeding habitats need to be buffered from gas field development."
Source Publication Name: Greater Sage-Grouse Population Response to Natural Gas Field Development In Western Wyoming
Citation Section:
Citation Page: 58
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
• Drilling
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Matthew Holloran
Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit - University of Wyoming
Department 3166
Laramie, Wyoming  82071  United States
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Categories: Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Sage grouse
Vegetation Types:
• Shrub lands
General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2009-02-05 23:26 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-02-05 23:26 UTC