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Abundance and Distribution in Oregon and Washington 



to low food availability that may have been caused by El 

 Nino-like, warm water conditions prevalent in the study 

 area through the summer. Even though the life histories of 

 icse seabird species differ from the Marbled Murrelet, it is 

 possible that what caused low gull and murre production 

 also caused reduced production in the murrelet during the 

 1993 nesting season. 



Acknowledgments 



The 1993 aerial survey of the Oregon coast was funded 

 jy Menasha Corporation, and administered by Steven P. 

 Courtney of the Sustainable Ecosystems Institute. We also 

 greatly appreciate Steve Courtney's participation in the Oregon 

 survey as the position-data recorder and project liaison. The 

 aerial survey of the Washington outer coast and western 



Strait of Juan de Fuca was jointly funded by ITT Rayonier, 

 Port Blakely Tree Farms, and Weyerhaueser Co. Funding 

 was administered by the National Council for Air and Stream 

 Improvement with the able assistance of Larry L. Irwin. We 

 thank Daniel Varland (ITT), Neal Wilkins (Port Blakely) 

 and Bob Anderson (Weyco) for understanding and supporting 

 the need for Marbled Murrelet surveys in Washington waters; 

 in addition, each provided comments on an earlier preliminary 

 report. We greatly appreciate Daniel Varland' s participation 

 in the Washington survey as the position-data recorder and 

 project liaison. Glen Ford and Janet Casey aided us in getting 

 our data into the proper format for use in the computer 

 mapping software they provided. We would also like to 

 thank the pilot Paul Etchemendy of the Eagle Flight Center, 

 Hillsboro, Oregon for making the survey aircraft available 

 for the project with such short notice. 



USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-152. 1995. 



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