Range Improvement Task Force
Cooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station
Economic Implications and Surface
Disturbance Mitigation of Oil and
Gas Development on Otero Mesa
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Range Improvement Task Force • Report 79
RITF Report 79: Economic implications and surface disturbance mitigation of oil and gas development on Otero Mesa
Series Designation
Range Improvement Task Force
Table of Contents
Introduction; Objectives; Study area; Methods; RAM; Point-intercept method; Changes in forage availability; Forage valuation methods; Financial impacts to the oil and gas companies; Results; Forage composition; Basal cover; Opportunity costs to the range livestock industry; Scenario 1: Status quo; Scenario 2: Previously planned; Scenario 3: Actively producing; Scenario 4: Alternate site selection; Reclamation costs to the oil and gas companies; Discussion; Conclusion; Need for further research; References; List of table, figures and appendices
Description
Report containing the results of a study to determine possible economic and environmental impacts of further development of the oil and natural gas industries on the Otero Mesa in southern New Mexico.
Subject
Energy industries--Economic aspects--New Mexico; Energy industries--Environmental aspects--New Mexico; energy industry (NAL); economic impact (NAL); environmental impact (NAL); New Mexico (NAL);
Creator
Dunlap, Amanda Larae Bridge; Swan, Pete; Fowler, John M., 1950-
Date Original
2009-08
Digital Publisher
New Mexico State University Library;
Rights
Copyright, NMSU Board of Regents.
Collection
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
Digital Identifier
UAAPcRITF79
Source
Saved from pdf available on the NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension Service website for Task Force publications: http://aces.nmsu.edu/pubs/taskforce/
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
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Range Improvement Task Force
Cooperative Extension Service / Agricultural Experiment Station
Economic Implications and Surface
Disturbance Mitigation of Oil and
Gas Development on Otero Mesa
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Range Improvement Task Force • Report 79
