BLM annual PAPA planning meetings Feb. 20 & 21
Meeting agendas and wildlife reports available online
by Bureau of Land Management
February 8, 2013
The Wildlife Annual Planning Meeting (APM) for the Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA) will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, and the Development APM on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Pinedale Field Office, 1625 W. Pine St., Pinedale, Wyoming., beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Topics for the Wildlife APM will include PAPA Wildlife Monitoring and Mitigation Matrix species reports, wildlife monitoring results, the proposed Sublette mule deer habitat project, the Mesa fertilization project, and snow depth and traffic.
Wildlife reports for pygmy rabbit, White-tailed Prairie Dog, raptors, Greater Sage-Grouse, Pronghorn antelope and mule deer will be available for public review at www.wy.blm.gov/jio-papo on Thursday, Feb. 14.
A complete agenda for the Wildlife APM is available at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Pinedale/anticline/wildlifemtg.html.
Topics for the Development APM will include recent and projected operator activities, PAPA electrification, crucial winter range delineation, reclamation, BLM best management practices for reducing wildlife mortality from various fluid mineral systems, and BLM permitting and inspection activities as well as management decisions.
A complete agenda for the Development APM is available at www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/Pinedale/anticline/planning.html.
Both meetings are open to the public with opportunities for public comment.
For more information about the Wildlife APM, please contact Eric Decker at 307-367-5386. For more information about the Development APM, please contact Tim Zebulske at 307-367-5336.
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