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BMP ID: 958
Title: Cover borrow ditches with topsoil and consider reseeding low use road surfaces.
Text: "Natural Gas Operations: 3. Reclamation: f. Borrow ditches should be covered with topsoil and seeded. Consider seeding the road surface for low use roads. Forage and habitat is partially restored."
Source Publication Name: Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement
Citation Section: APPENDIX K: Best Management Practices
Citation Page: 1312
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Drilling
• Production / Operation / Maintenance
• Reclamation
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
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Categories: Vegetation
Land Surface Disturbance
Wildlife
Location: Montana
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Date Entered: 2009-02-04 13:38 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-07-15 15:37 UTC