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* Recommend population and habitat monitoring standards and guidelines;provide technical advice to agencies in their implementation; and reviewresults to assess progress.* Provide a forum to coordinate research agendas of the various entitiesinvolved in recovery to assure that the plan's recommendations are addressedadequately and to maximize the value of the information produced.* Facilitate data base consistency in the development and maintenance oftechnical information (particularly with respect to geographic informationsystems) and in monitoring and research activities, to maximize the validityand reliability of results, and to assure efficient use of funds and personnel.* Review research results and make recommendations concerning managementpractices in areas such as silviculture to promote the adoption ofdesired actions in on-the-ground operations.* Recommend recovery plan revisions based on the results of scientificresearch, monitoring, and the documented results of program operations.* Promote dissemination of technical assistance to federal and state agencies,and to nonfederal parties, as appropriate, concerning issues related torecovery such as DCA management plan development and habitat manipulation.* Assess policies, programs, plans, environmental impact statements, andregional guides with respect to their potential consistency with recoveryobjectives and provide recommendations for agency consideration.* Promote effective communication and coordination among the variousfederal and nonfederal entities involved in recovery.Organization and membership. The Recovery Team recommends thecoordinating group's scope and functions be determined before organizationalissues are addressed. The Recovery Team believes a variety of organizationaloptions is available. Regardless of the arrangement chosen, however, thegroup's charter should be explicit to clearly establish its role. In addition, theRecovery Team believes membership should comprise federal and nonfederalentities, including the private sector. Accordingly, the group may requirechartering under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.200
III. --C.6. Monitoring and ResearchThe primary objectives of the monitoring and research program are to determinewhether implementation of the plan is on track, determine if implementationis producing expected effects, improve the plan over time, and, ultimately,determine when it is time to begin delisting procedures. Monitoring andresearch are intended to support the objective of this recovery plan, to providestabilization and recovery of the northern spotted owl population with thelowest possible economic and social costs. The plan incorporates the considerabledata available on northern spotted owls, one of the best researched owlsin the world (see section II.A). These data give the Recovery Team reasonableassurance that the plan will succeed in its objective of recovering northernspotted owls. However, the Recovery Team is equally certain there is considerableroom for refining and improving the plan and knowledge of owls. Forexample, the monitoring and research program may allow refinement ofrecommendations on types and amounts of dispersal habitat. Ongoing researchprograms which focus on ecological relationships and populationdynamics of owls will provide considerable new information in the next severalyears. In addition, ongoing management will create a landscape different fromthe one in which owls have been observed to date, which will expand knowledgeof owl ecology in a variety of habitat settings. For these reasons, theRecovery Team expects the monitoring and research program will provideinformation that can be used to improve the recovery plan over -time. Improvementsmay allow increased security of the owl population and reduction of theeconomic cost of recovery. In addition, the monitoring and research programwill provide information needed to determine when delisting of owl populationswill be appropriate.Significant monitoring and research efforts directed at northern spotted owlshave been in place for many years. These are described in Thomas et al.(1990) and USDA (1988). The ideas and recommendations presented in thissection of the recovery plan repeat some aspects of those ongoing programsand build on others. It was assumed that much of what is recommended canbe implemented using existing organizational structures. However, someadditional structure to provide overall coordination will be necessary for therecovery plan (see section III.C.5).Functions of the Monitoring and Research ProgramTo be effective, the monitoring and research program must be designed carefullyto answer specific questions about owls and their responses to landscapescreated by management and natural events. The program can be organizedinto two basic categories: 1) information needed to consider delisting of thespecies; and 2) information needed for adaptive management under the recoveryplan. While there is some overlap between these categories, they serve as auseful framework for discussing monitoring and research efforts.Adaptive ManagementThe objective of the recovery plan is delisting of the northern spotted owlthroughout its range. However, the decision to delist may be years or decades201
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List of FiguresTable 4.1 Abbreviate
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Recovery ObjectiveSecretary of the
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Management Rules for Designated Con
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Monitoring and Research ProgramThe
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Chapter IIntroduction1
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"Threatened species" means a specie
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B. The Interagency Scientific Commi
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lished works and many government do
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II.A. Natural History of theNorther
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spring. Territories probably are sm
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Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentil
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Home Range SizeHome range is define
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3. Life Historycannot reject the hy
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Dispersal1984, Thomas et al. 1990,
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4. ConclusionOur knowledge of the n
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Ca n a d aEastern Washington Cascad
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Table 2.3. Estimated spotted owl ha
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Table 2.4. Significant threats to t
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Table 2.5. Results of surveys for s
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isolated. In these provinces, small
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centers for 30 to 35 spotted owl te
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Southwest Washington occupies a key
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Distribution of Habitat and Populat
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Province Isolation. The eastern Was
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were in suitable habitat condition.
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Estimated acres of forest landbase:
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owned and contain little suitable h
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Vulnerability to Natural Disturbanc
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Douglas-fir/hardwood types, the lat
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miles from the contiguous populatio
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In comparison, the southern part of
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Sacramento River Canyon now provide
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On January 11, 1980, there was an a
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vation Strategy for the Northern Sp
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transfer of one area to the Grand R
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The BLM Spokane (Washington) Distri
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3. National Park ServiceThe followi
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4. Cumulative Effects AssessmentThe
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Assessment, Planning, and Monitorin
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Spotted owl nesting sites and activ
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Coastal Oregon Productivity Enhance
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including wildlife. In other cases,
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Currently, the Yakima Indian Nation
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where timber harvest is limited to
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III.A. Recovery Objective and Delis
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4. The population is unlikely to ne
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Needs of other species should be co
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years. The strategy of managing for
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Finally, the plan recommends mainta
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A total of 1,181 pairs of owls has
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DKnown owlsin the OregonprovincesKn
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mologists, and representatives of o
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this prey species is an appropriate
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After 100 years residual snags will
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2. Fuelwood Gathering. If allowed,
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The application of prescriptions A,
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owls. (Refer to tables in section I
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PRESCRIPTION D -RETAIN OWLS IN MANA
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DCA Management Plans.The recovery p
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Endangered Species Act) or through
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6. Costs to landowners should be re
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The real or perceived disincentives
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authority of the public body to ent
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* Use the recovery plan's recommend
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Supplemental pair areas - Habitat d
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Numbers of owls currently are estim
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Biological goals and implementation
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ning. Also, several unsurveyed area
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Owl pairsKnown owlsin the province3
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Table 3.8. Summary comments on the
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from nonfederal lands are needed to
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Eastern Washington Cascades Provinc
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habitat in DCA WD- 16. Approximatel
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Table 3.12. Summary comments on the
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Ttllwrnook/Astoria area. Provide su
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connectivity between key DCAs. This
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ITable 3.14. Summary comments on th
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crest of the Cascade Mountains. The
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ITable 3.16. Summary comments on th
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sites on federal lands (figure 3.21
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Owl pairsL I 350- _ _ . ...........
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DCAs, often combined with adjacent
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Owl pairsLiKnown owlsin the provinc
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nesting and roosting habitat until
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Option 3: Management of clusters: g
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Table 3.21. Summary of acreage and
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Owl pairs -Known owlsin the provinc
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and to within 0.5 miles of the acti
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Spotted owls have been found at 86
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ITable 3.24. Summary comments on th
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their distance from other sites. Ar
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away in some or all of the range. D
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4. What are the population dynamics
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If the monitoring and research prog
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lowlands, eastern Oregon Cascades,
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Stepdown Outline1. Management Tasks
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Table 5.2. Numbers of other species
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Amphibians and Reptiles: Larch Moun
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Barrows, C. W. 1980. Feeding ecolog
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Clark, R. J., D. G. Smith, and L. H
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Franklin, A. B., J. A. Blakesley, a
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Harestad, A. S., and F. L. Bunnell.
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Lundquist, R. W. and J. M. Mariani.
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O'Halloran, K. 1989. Spotted owl in
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Solis, D. M. 1980. Habitat use by n
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Young, K. D., A. B. Franklin, and J
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Table A.1. General approaches for e
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complete count of the territorial b
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Table A.3. Powera for various desig
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Table A.6. Reliability of trend est
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Demographic AnalysisAs noted earlie
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the estimate (using the simple equa
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Table A.8. Summary of information n
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predict the power achieved by diffe
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Other studiestached. If dispersing
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impractical at present. We describe
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owls. Consequently, the issue of wh
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Use of the informationAssessments a
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Recent LiteratureWe might begin by
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Kerms (1989) measured habitat struc
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Hamer (pers. comm.) described 11 ne
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Table B.3. Percent hardwoods in the
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Table B.5. Comparison of habitats u
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Table B.8. Tree density (number of
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and numbers of trees, and percent o
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suitable habitat for that region (m
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ResultsDiscussionspotted owl habita
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__Discussiondata from 41 sites in t
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Recommendations for Future Research
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Parameter Estimatesfor Individual S
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Table C.6. Summary of statistics re
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3. ConclusionsThis source of bias i
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formed during the initial meeting t
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provide habitat for the numerous sp
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The ApproachA committee of the Reco
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The List of Threatened and Endanger
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Mammalsoldest trees in a stand. Eig
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ABBFigure D. 1. Distribution of: a)
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KTable D.3. A list of threatened an
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Fishestheir dispersal capabilities
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OlympicNorthcoastalRockyMountainSou
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continued-StatusabState Considered
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endemic to the Pacific Northwest).
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Summaryspores (Maser et al. 1978b).
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Biology of Owl Prey, Older Forest A
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Table D.10. List of fish stocks of
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Table D.13. Washington streams (or
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inland distribution currently decre
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Fisher (Martes penncmti)Distributio
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at one time supported marten popula
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each population of these animals is
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species also is found under the bar
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few meters from water after heavy r
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In considering the needs of other s
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Barrows, C. W. 1981. Roost selectio
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Clark, T. W., E. Anderson, C. Dougl
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Hamer, T. E. 1991. Habitat relation
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Mannan, R. W., E. C. Meslow, and H.
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Oakley, A. L., Collins, J. A., Ever
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Solis, D. M. 1983. Summer habitat e
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Washington Natural Heritage Program
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f. Wilderness.g. Livestock grazing.
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I. Monitoring.1. Northern spotted o
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Selection of Forest TypesAt the tim
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eceive as little as 25 inches. Disc
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A. FireThe combination and interact
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Table F.4. Important forest insects
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continued-Common Name Causal Agent
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D. DiseasesForest diseases in the P
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InsectsDiseasesInsects in this subr
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__hardwoods are immune. Shade toler
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pests (Schowalter 1988). Black stai
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tion and initial attack. If manipul
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log and snag density was likely low
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B. Management Effects on StandsMana
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units (underburning or lop/scatter)
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growth often increases (Reinhardt a
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The introduced disease, white pine
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VI. Conclusionsmortality will resul
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Baker, F.A. 1988. The influence of
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Habeck, J.R. 1990. Old-growth ponde
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Perry, D.A., and J.G. Borchers. 199
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area, structure, ages, location; ne
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Stand AFigure G.2. A--unthmnned Dou
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figure 0.3. Effects of thinning Dou
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western hemlock, and sometimes othe
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year intervals (Appendix F). With t
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Live crown ratiobecent)6050IStand A
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technology probably will allow some
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Stand A. No activities (west side 3
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acre, 4 to 12 inches in diameter),
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allow redwood sprout clumps maximum
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scientifically credible biological
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E. Summary of Preliminary Estimates
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practices may be able to show how s
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Economic patterns show the efficien
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The sustainable yield concept that
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A. Previously Estimated Economic Co
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County receipts were estimated to d
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forestlands. The costs of productio
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of the second year. The same assump
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studies at University of Washington
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Team SupportCharles Bruce, Oregon D
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