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BMP ID: 2226
Title: Construction restrictions: Well Pads and Roads
Text: "The operators will avoid placing roads or constructing well pads in highly suitable sage grouse nesting habitat (high density sagebrush throughout the PAPA). Visual and or noise screens will be used to reduce impacts to these habitats, where appropriate."
Source Publication Name: Pinedale Anticline Oil & Gas Exploration & Development Project Record of Decision
Citation Section: Appendix A: Mitigation Guidelines and Standard Practices for Oil and Gas Development
Citation Page: A-32
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field: Pinedale Anticline Project (GREATER GREEN RIVER)
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: BLM - Pinedale Field Office
1625 West Pine St., PO Box 768
Pinedale, Wyoming  82941  United States
Phone:(307) 367-5300     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail:WyMail_Jonah_Infill@blm.gov
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Noise
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: 2011-02-01 15:35 UTC