WOPR Occupied Marbled Murrelet Sites Polygon

This theme maps Late-Successional Reserves associated with occupied marbled murrelet sites. The criteria for mapping these areas are identified on pages C-10 of the Northwest Forest Plan Standards and Guidelines( See Supplemental Info). Supplemental direction to the administrative units in BLM IM OR-2003-001 stated that protection will be afforded to all contiguous existing habitat and recruitment habitat (stands that are capable of becoming murrelet habitats within 25 years) for marbled murrelets within a ½-mile radius of any site where occupation behavior (e.g., active nest, fecal ring, eggshell fragments, or birds flying low, through, into or out of the forest canopy within or adjacent to a stand) has been verified....

Tags: BLM, Birds, Brachyramphus Marmoratus, Marbled Murrelet, NPLCC, All tags... North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Oregon, Threatened and Endangered, WOPR, Western Oregon, Western Oregon Plan Revision, biota, biota, Fewer tags