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BMP ID: 955
Title: Apply seasonal use restrictions for big game
Text: "Moderate impact: Apply seasonal use restrictions for big game (standard drilling stipulations). No drilling on crucial winter ranges from 15 November through 30 April. To the extent reasonable, limit disturbances and activities within operating fields during the same timeframe."
Source Publication Name: Recommendations for Development of Oil and Gas Resources within Crucial and Important Wildlife Habitats (2004 and 2009 editions)
Citation Section: IMPACT THRESHOLDS, MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, AND MITIGATION PRESCRIPTIONS - TERRESTRIAL RESOURCES
Citation Page: 13
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Steve Tessmann
Wyoming Game and Fish Department
5400 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, Wyoming  82006  United States
Phone:     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Wildlife
Location: Wyoming
Species:
• Big Game
Vegetation Types:
• Shrub lands
General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
BMP Efficacy:
Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-15 15:36 UTC