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BMP ID: 39
Title: Avoid disrupting channel stability/water velocity with structures crossing streams
Text: "Roads: Locate and construct all structures crossing intermittent and perennial streams such that they do not decrease channel stability or increase water velocity."
Source Publication Name: Recommendations for Development of Oil and Gas Resources within Crucial and Important Wildlife Habitats (2004 and 2009 editions)
Citation Section: Appendix B: STANDARD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE WILDLIFE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
Citation Page: 72
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Steve Tessmann
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
5400 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, Wyoming  82006  United States
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Categories: Aquatic and Riparian Values
Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Aquatic/Riparian Species
Vegetation Types:
• Riparian
General Comments:
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:04 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-15 15:25 UTC