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MnSBIiED MDRHHLETS AND TFtt? HKaDWaTEElS FOREST, HDMBOLDT 



COnUTv-, CSLLIFOENia. 



T2STZMQNT SUBMITTED OH HDIXSE BILI, HR 2B6S 



TO 



THE HOUSE AGazciJuTDRaL SDBCOMMITTEE CHSr SPECIAL 

 CROPS AND TuaTTTOaT. HESODRCBS 



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TEE SODSE NSTDEAL HES0I3RCEE SDBCOMMITTEE OH" HanOMAL 

 ESEKS, FORESTS, AHD FOBLIC LaHDS 



BY 



S. KIM THELSONr RKSK flRgg WILDLIEE BIOLOGIST 



QEEGON" OOOPSRarX^E w tt.tit.tp p heSESRCS tEUT 



OREGON STSTE OHTVERSITr, NSSH 104 



COETSIiLIS. OR 9733X-3803 



13 OCTOBER 1393 



The Marfiled MurzHlet (Brachyraa^Ims iiMrimu a . tMs ) was listed 

 by the D'.S. F±sii and Wildlife Ser-^ce as a threatened species in 

 September 1992. Habitat loss, primarily from logging, was 

 identified as the primary reason for »-h»» TTtrt-ing- (Federal 

 Register SO CFR, Vol. 57:45, 328-345, 1 October 1992) . In 

 California, little old-growth and mature habitat i - ^ma-i-na within 

 25 miles of the coastline. Older- aged forests in close proximity 

 to the coast sire afxTremely ±aE}ortazi.t to murrelets^ these forests 

 may be their preferred nesting habitat. T2ie Headwaters Forest in 

 noirthezn California is occnpied fay Tmrrralets. The location and 

 Iiabitat cfaaxacceristics of tbis Forest, eottpled with the fact 

 that little suitable habitat mirt-j-r-ng ia the historic range of 

 t-Trra species in California, make the acquisition and preservation 

 of the Headwaters Forest key- to t-hi« survival and recovery of t-Ho 

 ijxrelet in California. 



