Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT

Area south of OD-1 9. In the southern portion of the western OregonCascades, dispersal habitat should be provided in a band that generallyconnects OD-19, OD-20, and OD-40.Currently, the federal Endangered Species Act requirements prohibiting takeare contributing to partial fulfillment of the nonfederal recommendations in theprovince, but some of the guidelines do not contribute effectively to the goal ofproviding dispersal habitat. Protective management (section III.C.3.) could leadto more efficient conservation measures.Federal land exchange or purchase may be necessary to meet the recoveryobjectives for nonfederal land in this province. Land exchange would beTable 3.13. Summary of acreage and owl pairs for designated conservation areas (DCAs)and for all lands in the western Oregon Cascades province. (More detailed information,including projected owl pairs on nonfederal lands, is in Appendix J, Table J.6.)AcreageOwl PairsDCA Percent NRF Current FutureIdent. Federal Habitat Known Owls 3 Projected ProjectedNumber Total Land 1 Federal 2 Federal Nonfed Federal 4 Federal 5OD-1 148,299 99 95,280 9 0 30 42OD-3 111,716 100 60,560 19 0 23 35OD-4 98,610 91 50,840 13 0 20 30OD-5 80,982 95 38,560 23 0 22 30OD-6 81,251 93 49,520 18 0 25 30OD-7 67,248 94 40,280 23 0 23 30OD-8 103,792 100 78,480 21 0 25 28OD-9 84,370 100 40,480 25 0 25 33OD-10 80,087 100 43,600 16 0 20 30OD-11 65,444 93 34,000 22 0 20 25OD-12 89,741 57 32,280 29 0 20 23OD-13 92,956 97 56,160 27 0 25 35OD-14 82,090 96 52,240 29 1 25 33OD-15 88,789 91 45,240 16 0 18 25OD-17 55,174 58 20,320 24 4 13 20OD-18 66,504 96 28,175 20 0 18 25OD-19 86,433 93 39j365 14 0 14 23OD-39 12,504 55 920 2 0 1 1OD-40 43,122 69 8,440 6 0 5 10OD-56 2,960 59 360 0 0 0 1OD-57 2,610 61 440 0 0 0 1OD-58 2,648 55 560 1 0 1 1Totals: 1,547,330 92 816,100 357 5 373 511Totals for all lands in province: 1,942,336 876 49'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 details.5 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. See AppendixJ for further details.......... I.................. ..........................I/169