Pinedale Field Office
| Contacts: | Shelley Gregory | |||
| 307-315-0612 |
PAPO Plans Sagebrush Fertilization Flights
The Pinedale Anticline Project Office (PAPO) will be using a fixed-wing aircraft to fertilize approximately 1,000 acres of sagebrush on the Mesa in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 15 winter stipulations for big game.
The sagebrush fertilization project in the Pinedale Anticline Project Area (PAPA) is intended to offset direct and indirect habitat losses on and adjacent to natural gas development sites in the PAPA by increasing sagebrush production, enhancing available winter forage and potentially increasing palatability and nutrient quality for big game and other wildlife.
More information on the sagebrush fertilization project is available at http://www.wy.blm.gov/jio-papo/papo/wildlife/mitigation.htm or http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/info/NEPA/documents/pfo/mesasage.html.
For more information, please contact PAPO Coordinator Eric Decker at 307-367-5386 or edecker@blm.gov.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In Fiscal Year 2012, activities on public lands generated $4.6 billion in revenue, much of which was shared with the States where the activities occurred. In addition, public lands contributed more than $112 billion to the U.S. economy and helped support more than 500,000 jobs.
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