Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT

Implementation options on nonfederal landsBecause of the particular threats to the northern spotted owl in the CaliforniaCascades province, relatively few options are available for achieving recoverygoals. Although a number of tools are available, conservation over the shortterm must focus on individual owl sites to offset the low population levels andpoor distribution of suitable habitat.Achieving recovery goals in this province will be potentially difficult. Existingreserves and DCAs may not have sufficient amounts of suitable habitat withinthem. Currently practiced partial entry and uneven-aged management may beamenable to modification to provide suitable habitat, and there is the possibil-Table 3.23. Summary of acreage and owl pairs for designated conservation areas (DCAs)and for all lands in the California Cascades province. (More detailed information, includingprojected owl pairs on nonfederal lands, is in Appendix J, Table J.1 1.)AcreageOwl PairsDCA Percent NRF Current FutureIdent. Federal Habitat Known Owls 3 Projected ProjectedNumber Total Land 1 Federal 2 Federal Nonfed Federal 4 Federal 5CD-28 41,356 83 5,240 7 0 5 7CD-35 13,992 95 2,160 0 0 1 2CD-36 2,133 98 1,040 0 0 0 0CD-37 5,710 99 240 1 0 1 2CD-38 9,982 96 2,560 0 0 1 3CD-39 3,722 99 880 0 0 0 0CD-40 2,419 91 640 1 0 1 1CD-41 3,600 87 1,200 1 0 1 1CD-42 70,985 91 22,920 5 0 10 12CD-43 14,442 94 1,120 2 0 3 4CD-44 11,095 94 2,920 2 0 2 3CD-45 38,644 55 3,840 1 0 4 5CD-101 1,913 93 - 0 0 1 1CD-102 3,032 93 400 0 0 1 1CD-103 2,699 98 40 1 0 1 1CD-104 2,881 47 440 0 0 1 1CD-105 1,267 88 240 0 0 1 1CD-106 1,994 100 800 0 0 1 1CD-107 2,880 96 2,240 1 0 1 1CD-108 2,560 97 240 1 0 1 1CD-109 1,910 88 200 0 0 0 0CD-110 2,881 100 640 0 0 1 1CD-111 2,881 90 320 0 0 1 1Totals: 244,978 85 50,320 23 0 39 50Totals for all lands in province: 82,240 25 9'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.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. SeeAppendix J for further details.Dash (-) = data not available............................................, , ... , , . Fry95