Field officials shall inspect, or oversee the inspection of, all existing water developments that require escape ramps to document their presence and condition. Coordination of this work should occur with any personnel in the field that would encounter water developments and could report on the presence and condition of escape ramps, particularly all range and wildlife staff.
Field officials shall ensure maintenance of the escape ramps on existing projects is accomplished within a reasonable amount of time and in accordance with the project construction authorization e. To the extent possible, all activities inspection, maintenance, etc. Proper documentation to the project file and correct entry into the RIPS will help ensure that managers and staff are sufficiently aware of the inspection and maintenance needs of existing projects, and may appropriately devote the necessary resources to complete these important tasks.
A single financial project code can be used for inspection and maintenance of all water developments. Timeframe: Field Offices are encouraged to program their workload to ensure every water development on public land that requires escape ramps are equipped with a functioning escape ramp in a timely manner. A progress report is due back to the National Resource Improvement Coordinator in WO by October 15, , and every year thereafter until all water developments that require escape ramps have been inspected and escape ramps have been installed or repaired.
Budget Impact: It is not known at this time exactly how many water developments are lacking escape ramps or have ramps that are in need of maintenance. Inspection of all water developments on public lands that require escape ramps will take a significant amount of time and fiscal resources.
Maintaining, purchasing, or fabricating, and installing any missing or inadequate escape ramps will also take time. This activity has the potential to be expensive in both labor and operational dollars. Signed by: Authenticated by: Robert T. Ratcliffe Robert M. Skip to main navigation Skip to main content.
IM Instruction Memorandum. Maintenance: Field officials shall ensure that maintenance of the escape ramps on existing projects is accomplished within a reasonable amount of time and in accordance with the project construction authorization e. Documentation: To the extent possible, all activities inspection, maintenance, etc. Proper documentation to the project file and correct entry into the RIPS will help ensure that managers and staff are sufficiently aware of the inspection and maintenance needs of existing projects, and may appropriately devote the necessary resources to complete these important tasks.
A single financial project code can be used for inspection and maintenance of all water developments. Timeframe: Field offices are encouraged to program their workload to ensure every water development on public land that requires escape ramps are equipped with a functioning escape ramp in a timely manner. Significant effort was made to inspect and maintain all wildlife escape ramps by the end of Fiscal Year in accordance with the Washington Office WO IM Field offices should continue inspections and maintain escape ramps in functioning condition.
Budget Impact: It is not known at this time exactly how many water developments are lacking escape ramps or have ramps that are in need of maintenance. Inspection of all water developments on public lands that require escape ramps will take a significant amount of time and fiscal resources. Maintaining, purchasing, or fabricating, and installing any missing or inadequate escape ramps will also take time. This existing requirement should be included in the cost of maintaining existing water developments and when constructing new developments.
Background: Water developments on public lands are designed to meet the needs of livestock, wild horses, and wildlife. Water developments that require escape ramps include all troughs, open spring boxes, open tanks, and guzzlers. The policy does not include dirt tanks, pit reservoirs, naturally occurring waters, or closed tanks not accessible to wildlife. However, escape ramp designs are limited only by the configuration of the water holding facility.
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