Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT

Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl - DRAFT

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Stepdown Outline1. Management Tasks.11. Review recovery plan.12. Establish coordination group.13. Implement recommendations regarding DCAs.131. Establish DCAs.132. Prepare guidelines for activities in DCAs.133. Prepare DCA management plans.1331. Prepare demonstration plans.1332. Prepare remainder of plans.1333. Implement DCA plans.14. Manage the federal matrix.141. Implement Prescription A.1411. Establish residual habitat areas.1412. Implement residual area management guidelines.1413. Implement "50-11-40" guideline.142. Implement Prescription B.1421. Establish reserve pair areas.1422. Implement reserve pair management guidelines.143. Implement Prescription C.1431. Establish managed pair areas.1432. Implement managed pair guidelines.144. Implement Prescription D as appropriate.1441. Evaluate potential contribution of Prescription D to recovery.1442. Implement Prescription D where it will contribute to recovery.15. Manage non-Federal lands.151. Establish measurable goals.152. Develop plans to meet goals.2. Regulatory mechanisms.21. Propose formal adoption of the recovery plan.22. Revise existing regulatory measures as appropriate.221. Revise critical habitat boundaries to follow DCA boundaries.222. Revise or amend land management plans.23. Enforce taking prohibition.24. Publish regulations interpreting taking prohibitions.25. Advise owners and managers of land.251. Provide guidance on programmatic consultation.252. Conduct consultations regarding federal actions.253. Provide technical assistance to non-federal landowners.2531. Assist States in developing protective management plans.2532. Assist private landowners in developing Habitat Conservation Plans.2533. Assist with spotted owl studies and surveys.2534. Evaluate potential usefulness of special rules.3. Land Acquisition.31. Evaluate opportunities for land exchange, easement, or purchase.32. Acquire land or interest in land through exchange, easement, or purchase.4. Research and Monitoring.41. Maintain and refine GIS.42. Implement monitoring program.421. Agree on objectives and methods.422. Conduct roadside surveys.4221. Design surveys.4222. Carry out surveys.212

423. Monitor activity sites.4231. Estimate sample size.4232. Carry out monitoring.424. Study demographic analyses.425. Study population models.426. Develop early warning methods.43. Study habitat suitability.431. Standardize habitat measurements.432. Prepare habitat maps for demographic study areas.433. Study suitability in selected areas.4331. Study California coast.4332. Study eastern California.4333. Study eastern Cascades.434. Evaluate suitability of selected habitats.4341. Evaluate young plantations with remnant larger trees.4342. Evaluate stands managed with selective harvest.4343. Evaluate areas in which salvage is economically feasible.44. Conduct demographic studies.441. Continue well-established studies.442. Consider need for additional studies.443. Initiate new studies as appropriate.5. Review and Evaluation.51. Prepare reports.511. Prepare annual progress reports.512. Prepare 5-year evaluation report.52. Review recovery plan and revise as appropriate.213

Stepdown Outline1. Management Tasks.11. Review recovery plan.12. Establish coordination group.13. Implement recommendations regarding DCAs.131. Establish DCAs.132. Prepare guidelines <strong>for</strong> activities in DCAs.133. Prepare DCA management plans.1331. Prepare demonstration plans.1332. Prepare remainder of plans.1333. Implement DCA plans.14. Manage <strong>the</strong> federal matrix.141. Implement Prescription A.1411. Establish residual habitat areas.1412. Implement residual area management guidelines.1413. Implement "50-11-40" guideline.142. Implement Prescription B.1421. Establish reserve pair areas.1422. Implement reserve pair management guidelines.143. Implement Prescription C.1431. Establish managed pair areas.1432. Implement managed pair guidelines.144. Implement Prescription D as appropriate.1441. Evaluate potential contribution of Prescription D to recovery.1442. Implement Prescription D where it will contribute to recovery.15. Manage non-Federal lands.151. Establish measurable goals.152. Develop plans to meet goals.2. Regulatory mechanisms.21. Propose <strong>for</strong>mal adoption of <strong>the</strong> recovery plan.22. Revise existing regulatory measures as appropriate.221. Revise critical habitat boundaries to follow DCA boundaries.222. Revise or amend land management plans.23. En<strong>for</strong>ce taking prohibition.24. Publish regulations interpreting taking prohibitions.25. Advise owners and managers of land.251. Provide guidance on programmatic consultation.252. Conduct consultations regarding federal actions.253. Provide technical assistance to non-federal landowners.2531. Assist States in developing protective management plans.2532. Assist private landowners in developing Habitat Conservation <strong>Plan</strong>s.2533. Assist with spotted owl studies and surveys.2534. Evaluate potential usefulness of special rules.3. Land Acquisition.31. Evaluate opportunities <strong>for</strong> land exchange, easement, or purchase.32. Acquire land or interest in land through exchange, easement, or purchase.4. Research and Monitoring.41. Maintain and refine GIS.42. Implement monitoring program.421. Agree on objectives and methods.422. Conduct roadside surveys.4221. Design surveys.4222. Carry out surveys.212

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