Most of the breeding activity of 

 an eagle pair is assumed to occur 

 within the home range. Various 

 levels of timber harvesting, 

 residential development, and 

 recreation are occurring within 

 the prescribed home range of the 

 Upper Stillwater Lake pair. 

 Features within the home range 

 that are important to bald eagle 

 life-history requirements include 

 perching and roosting trees on 

 Upper Stillwater, Dog, and Duck 

 lakes, and approximately 61 acres 

 of DFWP-designated white-tailed 

 deer winter range and its 

 associated carrion in the 

 northwest portion of the home 

 range . 



Cumulative effects were analyzed 

 on the bald eagle home range 

 delineated around the nest 

 location. 



Direct and Indirect Effects 



• Direct and Indirect F^ffectn ofJVo-. Iction 

 . Ilternatioe . 1 on liald Englen 



No direct or indirect effects to 

 bald eagles would be expected. 

 Stands would continue to age and 

 emergent trees would continue to 

 persist and could serve as perch 

 trees now and in the future. 

 Human disturbance would continue 

 at approximately the same 

 levels . 



• Direct and Indirect ^[fectit of miction 

 .llternntive li on Bald Englcit 



Under the proposed Dog/Meadow 

 Timber Sale Project, no 

 harvesting would occur within 

 the nest or primary-use areas. 

 Approximately 120 acres of 

 subalpine fir and mixed-conifer 

 cover types within the 

 delineated home range would be 

 harvested (Unit 8 and portions 

 of Units 7 and 9) . These 3 

 units are approximately 0.8 

 miles from the primary aquatic 

 habitat, and are more than 1.4 

 miles from the nest location, so 

 disturbance from harvesting 



should be minimal. Within the 

 areas proposed to be harvested, 

 most of the canopy- emergent 

 western larch and Douglas-fir 

 would remain as perch and rest 

 sites for use within the 

 regenerating stands, should 

 these areas receive use. 

 However, several proposed 

 harvest units (Units lA, 6, and 

 7) are within 0.3 to 0.5 miles 

 of Dog Lake, which has been 

 identified as a foraging habitat 

 for the Upper Stillwater Lake 

 pair of eagles. Disturbance 

 within these units might limit 

 bald eagle use of Dog Lake for 

 the nesting season in which 

 harvesting takes place. 

 Harvesting in the remaining 

 portions of the proposed project 

 area is not expected to have an 

 immediate or long-term effect on 

 bald eagles . 



Cumulative Effects 



• Ciimiilntice mj'ectJt qfJVo^ Iction 

 mllternatice , 1 on linld Eaglett 



Stillwater State Forest and FNF 

 each manage approximately 35 

 percent of the home range 

 associated with the Upper 

 Stillwater Lake Bald Eagle 

 Territory. Approximately 2 

 percent of the home range is 

 privately owned, thereby 

 limiting potential development 

 and disturbance. Concurrently, 

 no other plans that would 

 increase human disturbance, 

 development, recreation, timber 

 harvesting, or firewood 

 gathering within the home range 

 are under consideration. 



• Cumulative UlffectH of. Iction . llternatice 

 li on Haiti Eagles 



Timber harvesting from this 

 project would not reduce 

 potential nesting and perching 

 habitats within the home range. 

 A number of proposed units 

 within the home range and in 

 close proximity to foraging 

 areas would be harvested; 



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