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BMP ID: 918
Title: Disturbed areas should be covered with topsoil and seeded appropriately.
Text: Interim Reclamation: "If the disturbed areas are covered with topsoil and seeded with appropriate amounts and varieties of native species, over time, local natives will typically reestablish themselves on the site, helping to restore proper species composition and structure."
Source Publication Name: BLM Best Management Practices
Citation Section: Wildlife Management Best Management Practices for Fluid Minerals
Citation Page: 6
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
• 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
Location: General / Federal
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-08-10 14:06 UTC