Recommended Best Management practices for plants of concern: practices developed to reduce impacts of oil and gas development activities to plants of concern
Date
2009
Authors
Ewing, Mo, author
Rondeau, Renée Jane, author
Neely, Betsy, author
Kurzel, Brian, author
Panjabi, Susan Spackman, author
Elliott, Brian A., author
Colorado Natural Heritage Program, publisher
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Abstract
Seventeen globally imperiled plants found in oil and gas development areas in Colorado are in danger of extinction. Collectively, these species occupy less than 30,000 acres in Colorado. One of the biggest conservation issues for Colorado native plants is the lack of awareness of the existence and status of these rare plant species. Increasing this awareness, especially during development activities that may impact rare plants, will reduce the likelihood of future listings under the Endangered Species Act. Avoiding or minimizing impacts to these species during oil and gas development activities may help to effectively conserve their habitat and is unlikely to confer substantial impacts on oil and gas development projects. The Best Management Practices (BMPs) included in this document are intended to help increase the awareness of these species for anyone involved in oil and gas development activities. The desired outcome of these recommended BMPs is to significantly reduce the impacts of oil and gas development to the seventeen plants of concern on federal, state, and/or private land. These BMPs are not intended to replace other BMPs written for specific species or habitats. The BMPs listed here are intended to be iterative, and to evolve as additional information becomes available about Colorado's botanical diversity, and as resource extraction and resource conservation technologies develop.
Description
April 2, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 10-11).
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Subject
Endangered Species Act
plant conservation
environmental impacts
Colorado