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BMP ID: 3618
Title: Avoid excessive deposition and sedimentation during fish spawning times.
Text: "AQUATIC SPECIES/AMPHIBIANS: Avoid stream channel disturbances during fish spawning seasons. Fish spawn at specific times of the year. The eggs incubate in the gravel until the yolk sac is absorbed and the larval fish can swim up through the gravel and into the main body of water. Eggs incubating in the redds can be smothered by the excessive deposition of sediment, and further affected by fungal spores carried in the sediment. Adults can be affected by the same fungal species with high mortality rates. Fish spawning dates and incubation times vary by elevation and temperatures, but in general the following intervals will apply in Colorado: [Spawning Intervals pg 16-17.]"
Source Publication Name: Colorado Division of Wildlife's Actions to Minimize Adverse Impacts to Wildlife Resources (October 2008)
Citation Section: APPENDIX A: SPECIES SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
Citation Page: 34
Supplemental Documents:  
Usage Type: Recommended
Timing: • Production / Operation / Maintenance
Oil / Gas Field:  
Surface Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Mineral Ownership: • Federal
• State
• Private
Primary Contact: Colorado Division of Wildlife
6060 Broadway
Denver, Colorado  80216  United States
Phone:(303) 297-1192     Alt. Phone:
Fax:     E-mail: 
Alternate Contact:  
 
Categories: Water Quality and Pollution
Land Surface Disturbance
Aquatic and Riparian Values
Wildlife
Location: Colorado
Species:
• Amphibian
• Aquatic/Riparian Species
Vegetation Types:
• Riparian
General Comments:
Cost-Benefit Analysis:
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Date Entered: 2009-03-09 16:47 UTC
Last Updated: 2009-06-22 10:40 UTC