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BMP ID: 3226
Title: BLM may require special actions to prevent disturbance within watersheds that support special status plant species.
Text: GS-CSU-ROAN-12 SSR/CSU Habitat for Special Status Plant Species Populations and Significant Plant Communities: "...The BLM may require special design, construction, operation, mitigation, or reclamation measures, and/or relocation by more than 200 meters for any ground-disturbing activities, electric transmission lines, and other sources of disturbance within a watershed that would disturb, alter, or interrupt the hydrologic or ecological processes that support special status plant species or significant plant communities."
Source Publication Name: Record of Decision for the Approval of Portions of the Roan Plateau Resource Management Plan Amendment and Environmental Impact Statement
Citation Section: Table F-1 Stipulations and Standards
Citation Page: F-18
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Required
Timing: • Construction / Siting / Design
• Drilling
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
• Reclamation
Oil / Gas Field: Roan Plateau (UINTA-PICEANCE)
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
Primary Contact: BLM - Glenwood Springs Field Office
50629 Highway 6 & 24
Glenwood Springs, Colorado  81601  United States
Phone:(970) 947-2800     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(970) 947-2829     E-mail:gsfoweb@blm.gov
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Water Quality and Pollution
Vegetation
Location: Colorado
Species:
• Argillochloa dasyclada (Utah fescue)
• Astragalus debequaeus (DeBeque milkvetch)
• Lesquerella parviflora (Piceance bladderpod)
• Mentzelia rhizomata (Roan Cliffs Blazingstar)
• Penstemon debilis (Parachute penstemon, Parachute beardtongu
• Phacelia scopulina var. submutica (Debeque phacelia)
• Sullivantia hapemanii (Hanging garden sullivantia )
• Thalictrum heliophyllum (Sun-loving Meadow Rue)
Vegetation Types:
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Date Entered: 2009-03-09 16:47 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-08-16 22:26 UTC