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Declining Populations. Spotted owls
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Low Populations. Population levels
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II.C. Current Management1. Forest S
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Interim direction in the regional g
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Table 2.6. Estimated acres of spott
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7. Prepare a preharvest/postharvest
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ecent historical levels. This chang
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people of the United States." Redwo
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that satisfies the act's requiremen
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5. State of CaliforniaRegulatory Pr
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or undertake any project that may r
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6. State of Oregonsent a range of l
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ResearchUnder Oregon law, the prima
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they may have under federal law. Se
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8. Indian LandIndian reservation la
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This area is a portion of one of se
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Chapter IIIRecovery93
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2. The population has been stable o
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III.B. Principles Followed in Devel
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For these two reasons, Thomas et al
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3. Integration of Strategic and Bio
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III.C. The Recovery Plan1. Overview
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III.C.2. Management Guidelines for
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Owl pairs400-_g ~~~~~350-Known owls
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_fOwl pairsm1111 400- l _LJ ~~~~350
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5. Activities that comply with thes
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The following section contains an e
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changes in the characteristics and
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appropriate to evaluate whether the
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2. Residual habitat areas will be p
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PRESCRIPTION C -REDUCE THREAT FROM
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amount of suitable habitat should b
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III.C.3. ImplementationFederal land
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3. Activities that may result in de
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found to exceed protection called f
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These requirements would tend to en
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Implementation tools are defined as
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The feasibility of transfer or purc
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2. States:* Continue to implement t
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III.C.4. Recovery Goals and Strateg
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3. Within dispersal distance of def
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DCAs, separated by dispersal habita
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I-Owl pairs100-_60-_50-_40-,D 9080-
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Because of the distances involved,
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Biological goals and implementation
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Table 3.7. Summary of acreage and o
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Owl pairs160140-_Known owls 120-in
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However, state regulatory protectio
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ITable 3.10. Summary comments on th
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seven areas have been identified as
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Middle Oregon Coast (Highway 18 to
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NOwl pairs300- _II ~~~250--Known ow
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managed for nontimber values. This
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Area south of OD-1 9. In the southe
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Owl pairs9 0 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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conservation planning. To the exten
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(IOwl pairsKnown owlsin the provinc
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Table 3.18. Summary comments on the
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In checkerboard ownership areas whe
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Table 3.20. Summary comments on the
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out the province. These owl activit
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This option would provide the oppor
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There are 950 historic owl activity
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Table 3.22. Summary comments on the
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Managing for a new cluster on state
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confine site location to a specific
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Implementation options on nonfedera
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Owl pairsKnown owlsin the provinceL
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C,.,5. CoordinationNeedfor Coordina
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III. --C.6. Monitoring and Research
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3. Are activities in stands in the
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when the population of owls in the
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(Delisting Criterion 4: The populat
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Chapter IVImplementation Schedule20
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IV.The narrative and implementation
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423. Monitor activity sites.4231. E
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Table 4.2. Implementation ScheduleR
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continued-TaskPriorityTask Duration
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Chapter VConsideration of Other Spe
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v.The northern spotted owl is assoc
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salamander, Del Norte salamander, P
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currently unsuitable. The guideline
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their response to different silvicu
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Chapter VILiterature Cited229
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Adamcik, R. S., and L. B. Keith. 19
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Booth, D. E. 1991. Estimating prelo
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Forsman, E. D. 1981. Molt of the sp
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Greenwood, P. J. 1980. Mating syste
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Kerns, S. J. 1989. Occurrence of sp
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Moen, C., A. B. Franklin, and R. J.
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Ruggiero, L. F., K. B. Aubry, R. S.
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Thrailkill, J., and M. A. Bias. 198
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Appendix ARecommendations forPopula
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6tZ6LZ palls anlWJollISL.Z. suoTsnl
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AbstractIntroductionThis appendix d
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number of territorial birds even th
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e used to calculate the ratio (resu
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the FWS Breeding Bird Survey on pop
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population changes of less than 3 p
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ted owl data. We used the following
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analyses to determine effects of sa
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Now, if f, and sy are uncorrelated
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ment of interest (e.g., the entire
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size declines. In the former case,
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Each program is discussed briefly h
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studying how demographic rates vary
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coordination effort must ensure tha
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should play a minor role, compared
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Literature CitedBalser, J.P. 1981.
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Appendix BSuitable Habitat for Nort
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Table of ContentsAbstract .........
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AbstractThis appendix discusses the
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scribe human actions. Furthermore,
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Table B.1. Roles and relative impor
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CaliforniaAsrow (1983) sampled the
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the landscape and home ranges conta
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dbh) trees that varied in density f
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Table B.4. Abundance of snags and l
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iTable B.7. Comparison of structura
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ITable B.9. Snag density (number of
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__-_ __- ------ - -Table B.10. Aver
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Resultsstands were defined as being
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Discussionbird varied considerably
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Table B.14. Habitata within 1.3 mil
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1.0 x xx x x 0 )OOQOX xx 0 OXO 000
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types. Work in Washington is contin
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Literature CitedAllen, H.L., K.R. D
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Van Home, B. 1983. Density as a mis
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Appendix CDemographic Analysis of N
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1. IntroductionThe 1990 Status Revi
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Table C.3. Estimates of age-specifi
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ABiases in AUsing the conventions a
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In summary, even with optimistic as
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Appendix DConsideration of Other Sp
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I££S8£ .........................
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IntroductionMore than 450 species o
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disturbance, natural succession is
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Riparian Ecosystemssilvicultural pr
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The list of species was developed i
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Table D.1. A list of threatened and
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Table D.2. A list of threatened and
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KA. B. C.D. E. F.Figure D.2. Distri
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Del Norte SalamanderPlethodon elong
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Dunn's SalamanderPlethodon dunniVan
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Table D.4. A list of threatened and
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Table D.5. A list of molluscs that
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Some examples of species with limit
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Table D.6. List of threatened, enda
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I- ITable D.8. A list of candidate,
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Red Mountain catchfly C1 E XSilene
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continued-Statusa.bOld ForestState
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Of the 364 species considered, the
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Spotted Owl Prey 2timber harvest (M
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forests questionable. Experimental
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Summary.- Employment of an ecosyste
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affect fish habitat in different wa
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-Table D.1 1. California streams (o
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continued-SteelheadSalmonSea-runTro
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In Oregon, stands occupied by murre
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Range, the Blue and Okanogan Mounta
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Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos)Distribu
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forested riparian habitats. Fishers
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AmphibiansHome range size of marten
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and dart forward to snap up small i
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southwestern British Columbia. Good
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Summary and ConclusionsAs a result
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Literature CitedLastly, the Other S
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Bury, R. B., and P. S. Corn. 1988b.
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Furniss, M. J., T. D. Roelofs, and
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Irwin, L. 1987. Review of Minium Ma
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Metter, D. E. 1968. The influence o
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Reynolds, R. T., and H. M. Wight. 1
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spotted owl. U.S. Forest Service, U
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Appendix EPreparation ofDCA Managem
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E.Section III.C.2. of the recovery
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means other than the DCA management
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Appendix FForest Protection Guideli
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SummaryThe strategy for protecting
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ITable F.2. Summary of risk (bold c
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Table of ContentsI. Introduction ..
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I. IntroductionThe long-term protec
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Table F.3. Major tree species in th
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II. Major Natural Disturbance Facto
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B. WindMost of the information abou
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Pandora mothDouglas-fir tussockmoth
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Insects cause many problems in Paci
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Common Name Causal Agent Tree Speci
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continued-Common Name Causal Agent
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Diseases constitute a major disturb
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ums and all rebums are thought to h
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WindLocal situations away from the
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f I,Inland Douglas-fir/western heml
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years old. A successional sequence
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DiseasesIt will be difficult to com
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high Pheltinus incidence. In most D
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Figure F.7. A stand development seq
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percentages would have been histori
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described, and an innovative fire m
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V. Forest Protection in theEast Cas
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WindThere is no known published inf
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Disases(Douglas-fir tussock moth an
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Outbreaks of Douglas-fir tussock mo
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DiseasesTotal fire protection will
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Literature CitedAgee, J.K. 1981. Fi
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Ficken, R.E. 1987. The Forested Lan
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Huff, M.H., and J.K. Agee. 1980. Ch
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Stuiver, M., and P. Quay. 1980. Cha
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Apendix GkManaging Stands forNorthe
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Table of Contents1. Summary of Lite
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I. Summary of Literature Reviewand
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6E Hardwood snagsLiConifer snagsN I
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To treat them most effectively, tre
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0.3.C. (treatment 1) = heavy thinni
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These factors act together to affec
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Douglas-fir forests. Fire (or some
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thinning has altered substantially
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20Heavy thinning15 | Stand A | (tre
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C. FertilizationThinning or other d
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A. Douglas-fir and Western Hemlock
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Figure G.9. A 70-year-old Douglas-f
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Table G.1. Costs per acre or return
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Trees per acre200 -Stand I A150 L1_
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Trees per acre200150Stand A. Thinne
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e used to maintain a structure like
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.1iiHeight (feet)No treatment.h4420
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II Stand A. No activities (east sid
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Literature CitedAlaback, P.A. 1982.
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Huffman, D. 1991. Salal seedling es
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Sawyer, J.O. and D.A. Thornburgh. 1
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Williamson, R.L. 1973. Results of s
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Appendix HEconomic and Social Consi
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Table of ContentsI. Introduction an
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I. Introduction and SurnmaryA. Requ
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Second, the analysis in this append
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currently suitable. Rough estimates
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The primary economic costs of achie
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D. The Importance of Timber Product
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Investments that would improve the
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In general, the harvest of timber i
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40,321. Income losses are estimated
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ITable H.1. Summary of previous stu
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timber dependent communities as a b
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Table H.2, taken from the Beuter st
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Table H.3. Job response coefficient
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Timberand Wood(1990) 1989 1990 Prod
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The State of Oregon has performed a
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good that is achievable at various
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Table H.7. Derivation of timber sup
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timber harvesting in the Pacific No
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3. Economic Effects of Owl Habitat
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Ia) E-50).C0) ~~~t ~ soC QDPtP| \D~
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Careful examination of Figures H. 1
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The tendency of the supply curve to
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Further employment effects, called
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Table H.9. Comparison of federal ti
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I,Table H.1 1. State and county tim
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proceeds from sale of the timber re
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(1 Table HA1 3. State and county re
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BibliographyBeuter, J.H. 1990. Soci
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Appendix IEvaluation of Alternative
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IntroductionThis appendix presents
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The process of mapping DCAs was org
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Tables 1.8 through I. 10 clearly de
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K/Table 1.2. Estimated acres and ow
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Table 1.4. Estimated acres and owl
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4Table 1.6. Size class distribution
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Table 1.10. Frequency distribution
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Appendix JDesignated Conservation A
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IntroductionThis appendix presents
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Abbreviations and Definitions Used
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Table J.3. Acreage and owl numbers
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continuedDCAIdent.LandStatusAcreage
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continued-DCA LandIdent. StatusAcre
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Table J.8. Acreage and owl numbers
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continued-DCA LandIdent. StatusAcre
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Owl NumbersKnown Known CurrentPairs
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DCAIdent.CD-39CD-40CD-41CD-42CD-43C
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Appendix KRecovery Team Membersand
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The Recovery TeamTeam MembersThe Re
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Chief, Branch of Biological Support
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631
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Table K.2. Chronology of team activ
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7-16 thru7-19-917-17-917-18-91Recov
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continued-12-03 thru Recovery Team
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THE SECRETARYOF THE INTERIORW A S H
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3o Ecosystem Issues: There are othe
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Appendix LGlossary643
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50-11-40 rule - a guideline develop
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ground surface that would be covere
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Density, biological population - th
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Floaters - nonbreeding adults and s
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Kuchler vegetative types - potentia
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Nonmarket - products derived from r
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Regulated forest - a theoretical ma
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Stand-replacing event - a disturban
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egeneration of desirable species, a