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My fitTn has been under contract with The Pacific Luaiber 

 Company since lasa to stxidy tft« habitat requirements of the 

 northern spotted owl, the marbled mvirrelet, the goshawk, the 

 red tree vole, the fisher and marten, and other forest 

 related \wildlife. Since 1988 Pacific Luiaber has spent 

 hundreds Of thousands of dollars studying wildlife and 

 developing raanageraent plans that integrate timber operations 

 with the retention of "Wildlife habitats. Thoy have been 

 successful in this process. An example: 



In 198 8 my firm was contracted by Pacific Lumber to study 

 the northern spotted owls which government scientists 

 reported aa requiring old growth habitats. The scientists 

 further reported that the population was in decline and 

 fixed the blame on loss of habitat primarily through timber 

 cutting. These studies resulted in the listing of the 

 spotted owls as and endangered species and the subsequent 

 T.^C report. 



Over the next several years we located, banded, and tracked 

 spotted owls through the use of radio telemetry. What we 

 found was that northern spotted owls are not only in the old 

 growth habitats but also m the managed forests as well, in 

 fact, in northwest California, the highest densities of owls 

 have been found in the managed forests types (ie, 

 harvesLad). With the Information gained through our 

 research, we wrote a northern spotted owl management plan 

 for the entire o%«iership of Pacific Lumber. 



This management plan outlines the Steps to take in order to 

 retain spotted owl habitats concurrently with harvesting a 

 commercial timber product (logging). The plan was reviewed 

 and approved by both the California Department of Fish and 

 Came and the U.S. i'itsh and Wildlife Service. The result is 

 that Pacific Lumber Company can manage its land, and spotted 

 owl habitats are retained. 



During this process there were those in and out of 

 government who said that the only way to retain spotted owl 

 habitat was to preserve the forest as is. There answer was, 

 and still is, to use the Endanqered Species Act to acquire 

 land for Lhe preservation of wildlife habitat. There are of 

 coarse situations where this approach is appropriate, but 

 not, I believe as a rule of thumb. The taking of land out 

 of production in the long run is damaging not only to the 

 resource but to society- Far better to learn to manage the 

 naLural resource for the benefit of mankind, both 

 maintaining wildlife habitats and extracting commercial 

 product E . 



The question now centers on the marbled murrelet. Can 

 marbled murrelet habitat be maintained while a commercial 

 timber product is harvested? As with the owl, there are 



