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BMP ID: 271
Title: Consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service if threatened or endangered plant species occur in a project area
Text: Project Planning Phase: "4. If federally listed Threatened or Endangered plant species occur in a project area on federal lands, consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is necessary. If Candidate or Proposed species are found, discuss the management of these species with the USFWS to avoid complications should these species become listed Threatened or Endangered during the life of the project."
Source Publication Name: Recommended Best Management Practices for Plants of Concern: Practices Developed to Reduce the Impacts of Oil and Gas Development Activities to Plants of Concern
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Citation Page: 4
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Planning / Environmental Review
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Betsy Neely
The Nature Conservancy: Colorado Field Office
2424 Spruce St.
Boulder, Colorado  80302   United States
Phone:(720) 974-7015     Alt. Phone:(303) 881-4144
Fax:     E-mail:bneely@tnc.org
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Categories: Vegetation
Location: Colorado
Species:
• Astragalus debequaeus (DeBeque milkvetch)
• Astragalus humillimus (Mancos milkvetch)
• Astragalus osterhoutii (Kremmling milkvetch)
• Cryptantha gypsophila (Gypsum Valley cat's-eye)
• Eriogonum clavellatum (Comb Wash buckwheat)
• Eriogonum pelinophilum (Clay-loving Wild-Buckwheat)
• Lesquerella congesta (Dudley Bluffs bladderpod)
• Lesquerella parviflora (Piceance bladderpod)
• Mentzelia rhizomata (Roan Cliffs Blazingstar)
• Penstemon debilis (Parachute penstemon, Parachute beardtongu
• Penstemon fremontii var. glabrescens (Fremont's beardtongue)
• Penstemon grahamii (Uinta Basin beardtongue, Graham's p.)
• Penstemon scariosus var. albifluvis(White River beardtongue)
• Phacelia scopulina var. submutica (Debeque phacelia)
• Physaria obcordata (Dudley Bluffs twinpod)
• Thalictrum heliophyllum (Sun-loving Meadow Rue)
• Unknown
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:17 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-05-11 14:37 UTC