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BMP ID: 5741
Title: Reclaim well pads and roads.
Text: "Abandoned well pads and the caliche roads that serve these wells should be cleaned of caliche, raked, contoured, and reclaimed with native sand. All out-of-service roads in occupied and suitable habitat should be reclaimed and closed to vehicle or ORV use. Abandoned well pads and out-of-service roads should not be reseeded in dunal areas. BLM should identify ways to redistribute or stockpile caliche for future road maintenance or other uses."
Source Publication Name: Conservation of the Sand Dune Lizard, in New Mexico: Recommendations Based on the Management Plan for the Sand Dune Lizard
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
• Reclamation
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Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Mr. Charles W. Painter
NM Department of Game and Fish
Santa Fe, NM
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Categories: Wildlife
Location: New Mexico
Species:
• Lizard, Sand Dune
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Date Entered: 2009-06-18 12:23 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-17 10:02 UTC