Preferred Boreal Owl habitat does not occur on the Gladstone Creek 

 project area. Boreal Owls will not be addressed further in this EA. 



Black-backed Woodpecker: 



Black-backed woodpeckers prefer use of recently burned forest areas. 

 The Gladstone Creek proposal does not include the salvage of burned 

 timber. No recently (<5 year old) burned timber is present on the 

 project area. Black-backed woodpeckers will not be addressed 

 further in this EA. 



Pileated Woodpecker: 



Preferred habitat for Pileated Woodpeckers includes mature conifer 

 forests, with a canopy dominated by large-sized western larch or 

 ponderosa pine, with representation by Douglas-fir. Mature 

 Cottonwood stands are also frequently used. Pileated Woodpeckers 

 nest in trees over 15" dbh, preferring those >20" dbh, larch, 

 ponderosa pine or cottonwood preferred in that order. Large 

 diameter course woody debris is also used as a feeding substrate. 



Plan guidance dated 2/17/98 recommends retaining Pileated Woodpecker 

 habitat in larger rather than smaller blocks, or if only smaller 

 patches can be saved, to try and locate them close to other patches 

 that will likely be retained. Guidance is also to retain snags, 

 especially large diameter snags and broken top snags. To maintain 

 pileated woodpecker habitat in a harvested stand use a selective 

 harvest system which retains most of the trees >15" DBH, as well as 

 snags and course woody debris in high abundance. 



The Gladstone Creek proposal area includes stands with the preferred 

 characteristics {excepting larch is absent) , and Pileated 

 Woodpeckers have been observed in nearby drainages. The effects to 

 Pileated Woodpeckers will be addressed in Chapter IV. 



Northern Bog Lemming: 



Northern Bog Lemmings prefer bogs or fens with thick sphagnum moss 



mats. There are no such habitat areas on the Gladstone Creek 



Project area. Northern Bog Lemmings will not be addressed further 

 in this EA. 



Lynx : 



There are several habitat elements preferred by Lynx, categorized 

 generally as denning habitat and foraging habitat. For denning, 

 Lynx prefer the following: 



mature or old-growth stand, 200 years old, northerly aspect 



numerous preferably "jack strawed" down stems 



greater than 50% canopy closure 



the above items on at least 5 acres and 



at 5000' elevation or higher 



low- intensity human development 



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