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BMP ID: 8673
Title: Removal of drilling fluids and pit closure after well completion is key to preventing wildlife mortality in reserve pits.
Text: "Immediate removal of drilling fluids followed by pit closure after well completion is the key to preventing wildlife mortality in reserve pits."
Source Publication Name: Minimizing Risk to Migratory Birds in Oil and Gas Facilities
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Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
• Reclamation
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Mr. Pedro 'Pete' Ramirez, Jr.
National Wildlife Refuge System, Wildlife Resources - Energy Program
1201 Oakridge Drive - Suite 320
Fort Collins, CO  80525  United States of America
Phone:(970) 266-2946     Alt. Phone:(970) 214-2195
Fax:     E-mail:Pedro_Ramirez@fws.gov
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Categories: Wildlife
Water Quality and Pollution
Aquatic and Riparian Values
Location: Unspecified
Species:
• Amphibian
• Antelope, Pronghorn
• Aquatic/Riparian Species
• Bat
• Birds, Migratory
• Birds, other
• Crane, Sandhill
• Crow
• Deer
• Falcon
• Goose
• Hawk
• Kestrel
• Lizard, Sand Dune
• Osprey
• Other Animal Species
• Reptile
• Sensitive Species
• Shorebirds
• Songbird species
• Toad, Western Boreal
• Vulture, Turkey
• Waterfowl
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Date Entered: 2014-06-30 10:41 UTC
Last Updated: 2014-06-30 10:41 UTC