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Marbled Hurrelets on Pacific Liinbar Covpsmy Lands 



Connents on House Dili. UK 2866 



To 



The House Agricultiiral Subcommittee on Special Crops and 



Natural Resour(;es 



And 



The House Natural Resources Subconaittee on National Paxkst. 



Foresta and P\ibliu Lands 



By 



Steven J. Kerne 

 Certilfied Wildlife Biologist 

 Principal Bioiogist/owner, Wildland Kesource MEinagers 



October 7.6, 1993 



CommlLtee Henbers, 



I am writing you in regard to House Bill 2866 and the 

 proposal Cor the United States Government to purchase the so 

 call "HezKlwaters Forest" for the protection of the marbled 

 murrelet and other threatened vildlife apccioB- 



Ry way of introduction, I am a certified wildlife biologist 

 with the Wildlife Society holding degrees in biology and 

 anthropology. Since 1970 Z have worked as a field 

 biologist/ first for the California Department, of Fish and 

 Game, then for the USDA Forest Service. Presently i aia the 

 owner and principal research biologist for the consultant 

 and nanaqement firm of Wildland Resource Managers. Hy firm 

 specializes in working with private landowners in the 

 aoricviXtural and timber industries to find ways to manage 

 tne natural resources occurring on their property 

 concurrently with producing a resource commodity. This is 

 accomplished through intensive on-site stiidies of the 

 wildlife species in question and their life cycles and 

 habitat needs, and then working with the land manager to 

 develope a management plan which will ratain the habitat 

 ({uality through the jnanagemant procass. Through this 

 process I, and members of my staff have written nanagement 

 plans for dear, antolopa, upland game, waterfowl, spotted 

 cwls, fisher, marten and marbled murrelets. 



