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The Pidfic Lumber Coaipany Ig aware ihu there ue fiadng Marbled Murrelets oa ita lands, aad 

 the Coapany hat found ama where Marbled Mnnelet flight and sodal aictivlty ia fgcuacd. and 

 has even fbond a few Maibled Munelet nests. Tlda knowledce was gained through an exiensivt, 

 and expensive, Mazfoled Mmreki survey program on its landt. coodocted accevdlng to piotoool 

 and often incocporaiing comments from federal end staie agenciat. However, ev«n with this 

 «iafhii<e at hand, it is not posnble to estaldiah the overall aumbers of Marbled Mutreleta on the 

 | yiid« at the Coc^any nor to estimate what portioD of the regional populatioo nasis in CmnpeB y 

 fcratt areas. 



Of the UDjost imponance, the goal of the Marbled Muzrelet HCP ia 10 maintain MarUad Mntrelflt 

 ha Wft, and associated Marbled Mantlet popnlations, on the Unds within oeatmem areas. Not 

 die total nomber of Marbled Mimelets present and nettiDg on (he lands ofTh* Paeiflc Lttinber 

 Cdmpany, nor the portion of the regional pcpuladoo that lepxescnts are significant Every effmt 

 to maintain them with an active and reqnnsible silviculture systems is impcstant and n ig nifi ca nt 

 In addition, the implementation of ibe Adapdve Management Process takes dm*, and ia a 

 progressive process, the speed of which is determined by the success of die Ad^tive 

 Management RcDcess cycles. 



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