Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT

Table 3.12. Summary comments on the designated conservation area (DCA)network in the Oregon Coast Range province. (Section III.C.2. and Appendix Iprovide further information on the criteria and process used to delineate theseareas.)DesignatedConservationAreaOD-27, OD-31, OD-53OD-28OD-36OD-30 and OD-33CommentsThese category 1 DCAs currently contain fewer than 20 owl pairs, buthave a future capability of supporting more than 20 owl pairs, based onfederal habitat.This category 1 DCA currently supports more than 20 owl pairs, butrequires nonfederal contribution to do so. Future federal habitat capabilityis for 20 owl pairs.This category 1 DCA currently contains fewer than 20 owl pairs. However,it has a future capability of supporting more than 20 owl pairs witha relatively small nonfederal contribution.These are category 2 DCAs with less than 20 owl pairs, based onfederal habitat only. If significant nonfederal contributions are obtained,the areas are capable of supporting more than 20 owl pairs.located on federal lands within these DCAs between 1986 and 1990. Thisrepresents approximately 40 percent of the 268 pairs located on all federal landduring that same period (Figure 3.15). The DCAs contain about 58 percent ofthe nesting, roosting, and foraging habitat identified on federal land (Figure3.16).Federal matrix management in the Oregon Range Coast province will requireprescription A and prescription B management areas. Because of the lownumber of pairs within DCAs north of Highway 38, an estimated 57 reservedpair areas (prescription B) should be established to supplement the DCAs.Three additional reserved pair areas should be established southeast of OD-27to supplement the population in that DCA. The remainder of the federalmatrix in this province should be managed for dispersal habitat under matrixprescription A (section III.C.2.). Residual habitat areas of 100 acres eachshould be established for all known and future-discovered activity centers upto a density of eight areas per township.With the addition of the reserved pair areas, approximately 60 percent of allknown pairs on federal lands within the province will be protected by this plan.Nearly all known pairs on federal lands north of Highway 38 will be protected.Biological goals and implementation on nonfederal land164General goals for nonfederal lands are to (1) provide nesting, roosting, andforaging habitat within federal DCAs with checkerboard ownership: (2) providedispersal habitat in all special management emphasis areas; (3) encouragecooperative management on state lands to provide nonfederal clusters of owlsand dispersal habitat among clusters; and (4) develop a cooperative habitatmanagement plan for the Elliott State Forest. Specific objectives and implementationapproaches are described later.