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BMP ID: 2395
Title: Avoid creating hunting perches or nest sites for avian predators within 0.5 mile of identified nesting areas
Text: "Creation of hunting perches or nest sites for avian predators within 0.5 mile of identified nesting areas will be avoided by burying powerlines, using the lowest possible structures for fences and other structures and by incorporating perch-inhibiting devices into their design."
Source Publication Name: Record of Decision and Resource Management Plan Amendments for the Powder River Basin Oil and Gas Project
Citation Section: Appendix A, Section A.2: Mitigation Measures
Citation Page: A-15
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field: POWDER RIVER BASIN
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: BLM - Buffalo Field Office
1425 Fort St.
Buffalo, Wyoming  82834  United States
Phone:(307) 684-1100     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Raptor
Vegetation Types:
General Comments:
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Date Entered: 2009-02-21 12:40 UTC
Last Updated: 2010-02-26 13:38 UTC