Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT

Table 3.7. Summary of acreage and owl pairs for designated conservation areas(DCAs) and for all lands in the western Washington Cascades province. (Moredetailed information, including projected owl pairs on nonfederal lands, is inAppendix J, Table J.3.)AcreageOwl PairsDCA Percent NRF Current FutureIdent. Federal Habitat Known Owls 3 Projected ProjectedNumber Total Land 1 Federal 2 Federal Nonfed Federal 4 Federal 5WD-1 153,631 96 92,280 15 1 23 41WD-2 111,756 100 83,240 14 0 25 31WD-2N 52,239 92 33,560 8 0 10 12WD-2W 16,781 96 10,040 3 0 3 2WD-3 175,414 98 103,295 16 0 23 45WD-4 133,304 82 56,001 10 2 14 30WD-8 87,945 96 44,120 6 0 11 24WD-9 104,211 98 58,248 10 0 14 28WD-10 54,737 59 14,880 4 0 5 8WD-11 12,535 99 4,830 1 0 1 1WD-17 29,740 53 7,400 1 0 3 2WD-18 27,331 92 11,880 2 0 3 5WD-19 38,404 92 19,560 1 0 7 9WD-19W 13,517 91 6,840 2 0 3 3WD-25 31,273 58 17,320 3 0 5 8WD-26 23,081 53 12,640 3 0 4 5WD-26W 14,310 100 8,720 2 0 3 3WD-27 33,360 98 16,760 4 0 5 8WD-27S 9,677 96 6,480 1 0 2 2WD-28 76,925 100 51,360 6 0 14 20WD-29 26,414 100 18,840 2 0 5 5WD-30 14,424 100 9,520 4 0 4 3WD-31 27,386 100 19,423 1 0 5 6WD-32 37,995 99 19,077 2 0 4 9WD-34 87,698 100 27,912 0 0 7 10WD-35 14,448 100 5,435 0 0 2 2Totals: 1,408,536 94 759,661 121 3 205 322Totals for all lands in province: 1,431,104 150 16'Management of nonfederal lands within the perimeter of designated conservation areas is discussed in the narrative.2 NRF = nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat for spotted owls. Habitat information was not available for nonfederal lands.3 Numbers are pairs of spotted owls verified in a 5-year period either 1986 through 1990 or 1987 through 1991.4 This is an estimate of the number of pairs of owls that the DCA would be expected to support on federal lands if the population stabilized withcurrent habitat conditions See Appendix J for further details5 This is an estimate of the number of pairs of owls that the DCA might support in the future on federal lands if habitat were recovered. SeeAppendix J for further detailsBiological goals and implementation onfederal landsThe recovery plan recommends that 26 DCAs be delineated in the province(Tables 3.7 and 3.8). Seven of these meet the criteria for category 1 areas. TheDCAs vary in size from 9,600 to 175,000 acres, and 121 pairs of spotted owlshave been confirmed on federal lands within their boundaries. This representsabout 80 percent of all pairs located on federal lands within the province(Figure 3.11). The DCAs also contain approximately 53 percent of the nesting,roosting, and foraging habitat located on federal land in the province (Figure 3.12).153