BMPs

BMP Technical Information

""Best Management Practices should be matched and adapted to meet the site-specific requirements of the project and local environment. The following slideshows provide a more detailed look at a menu of possible oil and natural gas development BMPs. These slideshows are only a starting point and are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of BMPs.

Best Management Practices Slide Shows

Introduction to BMPsPDFPowerPoint
Visual Resource Management BMPs  

     Part One: Introduction

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     Part Two: Proper Site Selection

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     Part Three: Reduce Unnecessary Disturbance

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     Part Four: Choice of Color

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     Part Five: Final Reclamation

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Wildlife BMPsPDFPowerPoint
Operations BMPsPDFPowerPoint


Additional Technical Information

Technical Information Sheets (Specific and Detailed BMP Guidance)
PDF | Powerpoint

New BLM and USDA Forest Service Oil and Gas "Gold Book" (Operators Guide)

Forest Service Low-Volume Roads Engineering BMP Field Guide

“Handbook on BMPs and Mitigation Strategies for Coal Bed Methane in the Montana Portion of the Powder River Basin” (4 MB, Adobe Acrobat) http://bogc.dnrc.state.mt.us/website/mtcbm/webmapper_cbm_info_res.htm

Forest Service Water-Road Interaction Technology Series
http://www.stream.fs.fed.us/water-road/

EPA's Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control BMP Fact Sheets
http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/menuofbmps/index.cfm

"Visual Resource Management BMPs for Fluid Minerals"
(Self-Study Course)

  • View the course in streaming video:  Select this link
  • Download the Field Reference Guide (PDF)
  • To sign up for this self-study course (2.5 hours, videotape course notebook pre-and post-test), please contact:

Catherine Book
BLM National Training Center
Catherine_Book@tc.blm.gov


New Color Charts Are Available!
To obtain a supplemental environmental color chart, please contact:

Jim Perry
202.452.5063
Jim_Perry@blm.gov

BMP Policy Instruction Memorandum (November 8, 2006)  

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LOW-VOLUME ROADS ENGINEERING

Best Management Practices Field Guide
by Gordon Keller & James Sherar
USDA Forest Service/USAID

(Click on the Chapter name to open. Note: Chapters are in .pdf format.
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Cover
Foreword - Acknowledgements, Preface, Table of Contents, Definition of Terms 
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Environmental Analysis
Chapter 3 - Planning Issues and Special Applications
Chapter 4 - Low-Volume Roads Engineering
Chapter 5 - Hydrology for Drainage Crossing Design
Chapter 6 - Tools for Hydraulic and Road Design
Chapter 7 - Drainage of Low-Volume Roads
Chapter 8 - Culvert Use, Installation, and Sizing
Chapter 9 - Fords and Low-Water Crossings
Chapter 10 - Bridges
Chapter 11 - Slope Stabilization and Stability of Cuts and Fills
Chapter 12 - Roadway Materials and Material Sources
Chapter 13 - Erosion Control
Chapter 14 - Stabilization of Gullies
Selected References