Blm 6840 manual

The BLM Manual Section directs the BLM to manage BLM sensitive species and their habitats to minimize or eliminate threats affecting the status of the species or to improve the condition of the species’ habitat. BLM Manual Special Status Species Management: Publication Type: Guidance/Standards: Section Name: Author Name: Bureau of Land Management: Other Authors: Contractor Name: "The purpose of this Manual Section is to provide policy and guidance, consistent with appropriate laws, for the conservation of special status species of plants and Ownership: Federal. BLM Manual Section B. B. Federally Proposed Species and Proposed Critical Habitats. The BLM shall manage species proposed for listing as threatened or endangered and proposed critical habitat with the same level of protection provided for listed species and designated critical habitat except that formal consultations are not required.

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) BLM Sensitive Species are defined by the BLM Manual as native species found on BLM-administered lands for which the BLM has the capability to significantly affect the conservation status of the species through management, and either: (1) there is information that a species has recently undergone, is. For lands administered by the Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management (OR/WA BLM), SSS policy ( manual and IM OR) details the need to manage for species conservation. Specifically, "BLM shall further the conservation of SSS and shall not contribute to the need to list any. The new BLM Manual signed by the BLM Director on Decem, authorizes BLM State Directors to designate BLM sensitive species within their respective jurisdictions, a continuation of policy that was in effect at the time California Manual Supplement and California BLM Handbook H were approved by the State Director in.

The Bureau of Land Management manuals contain policy and procedures to manage programs. BLM manuals define the basic authority for performing tasks and identify who bears the ultimate responsibility for seeing that these tasks are accomplished. Each BLM handbook is controlled by a manual section. – Special Status Species Management 1. Explanation of Materials Transmitted: This release transmits a complete revision of Manual , the Special Status Species Management Manual for the Bureau of Land Management. This manual establishes policy for management of species listed or. The new Manual restricts the designation of special status to species that are Federally listed, Federally proposed, or BLM sensitive. This includes direction for species that are Federal candidates that are to be managed as BLM sensitive species. Unlike previous versions, the new Manual makes no provision for State-listed species.