| BMP ID: |
764 |
| Title: |
Avoid locating roads in sage grouse and mountain plover habitats. |
| Text: |
Programmatic Guidance for the Development of Project Plans: "Avoid, where possible, locating roads in crucial sage grouse breeding, nesting and wintering areas and mountain plover habitats. Develop a route utilizing topography, vegetative cover, site distance, etc. to effectively protect identified wildlife habitats in a cost efficient manner." |
| Source Publication Name: |
Montana Final Statewide Oil and Gas EIS and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings RMPs |
| Citation Section: |
CBM Programmatic Wildlife Monitoring and Protection Plan for the Statewide Final Oil and Gas Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Amendment of the Powder River and Billings Resource Management Plans |
| Citation Page: |
18 |
| Supplemental Documents: |
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| Usage Type: |
Recommended |
| Timing: |
• Construction / Siting / Design
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| Oil / Gas Field: |
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| Surface Ownership: |
• Federal
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| Mineral Ownership: |
• Federal
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| Primary Contact: |
BLM - Miles City Field Office
111 Garryowen Road
Miles City, Montana 59301 United States |
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| Alternate Contact: |
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| Categories: |
Wildlife
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| Location: |
Montana |
| Species: |
• Plover, Mountain
• Sage grouse
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| Vegetation Types: |
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| General Comments: |
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| Cost-Benefit Analysis: |
Effective planning and use of the natural environment can help create roads and protect wildlife in a cost-effective manner. |
| BMP Efficacy: |
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| Date Entered: |
2009-02-04 13:30 UTC |
| Last Updated: |
2011-07-17 12:39 UTC |
