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BMP ID: 916
Title: Causes for less loss of habitat
Text: Interim Reclamation -A Paradigm Shift: "What causes less loss of habitat: A one or two acre well pad left barren for 40 years of oil or gas production, or revegetating the entire well location, knowing that a small portion of it will sustain vehicle traffic and temporary vegetation damage during future production and maintenance operations?"
Source Publication Name: BLM Best Management Practices
Citation Section: Wildlife Management Best Management Practices for Fluid Minerals
Citation Page: 5
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Reclamation
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Jim Perry
Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection Directorate,Division of Fluid Minerals
1620 L Street, N.W, Room 501
Washington, DC  20036  United States
Phone:(202) 452-5063     Alt. Phone:
Fax:(202) 452-0386     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact: No Contact Listed
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Categories: Vegetation
Land Surface Disturbance
Wildlife
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-08-10 14:05 UTC