Revision
of Critical Habitat for Northern Spotted Owl
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final revised
designation of critical habitat under the Endangered Species
Act for the threatened northern spotted owl totaling approximately
5.3 million acres of federal land in the northwest United States.
This includes the designation of approximately 1.8 million
acres in Washington, 2.3 million acres in Oregon and 1.2 million
acres in California. The revision of the original 1992 critical
habitat designation, which totaled nearly 6.9 million acres,
reflects information gathered through advanced mapping
and modeling technologies, which resulted in a more precise
definition of owl conservation areas.
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Revised
Habitat Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Released for Elliott State Forest
 The
State of Oregon’s management of the 93,000-acre
Elliott State Forest is the subject of a draft Environmental
Impact Statement covering a 50-year habitat conservation
plan released by the Fish and Wildlife Service, National
Marine Fisheries Service and Oregon’s Department of
Forestry. The plan is a revision of
a 1995 plan, and is required for Oregon
to receive a permit that acknowledges there may be times
when forest management and timber harvest disturb or harm
protected forest species. The draft environmental impact
statement, which discusses the environmental effects of forest
management on the Elliott State Forest, is being released
for public review and comment along with the permit application
and habitat conservation plan.
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Oregon's
First Conservation Bank
to Be Operated by Oregon
Department of Transportation
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently approved
Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) operation
of the first conservation bank in Oregon. The 80-acre
conservation bank, located near Medford, Oregon, will be
used to 1) ensure that future road and highway improvement
projects in the Rogue River Valley don’t conflict
with efforts to conserve several threatened species that
occur in the region, and 2) to avoid costly project delays
that can arise from such conflicts.
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