Flammulated Owl 



Boreal Owl 



Black Backed Woodpecker 



Pileated Woodpecker 



Northern Bog Lemming 



Lynx 



Flammulated Owl: 



The Gladstone Creek proposal area includes extensive contiguous 

 acreages of the habitat types preferred by Flammulated Owls. SFLMP 

 guidance dated 2/17/98 recommends that harvesting prescriptions in 

 Flammulated Owl preferred habitat types emphasize the following: 



1. Favoring serai ponderosa pine on sites where historical fire 

 regimes favored it and where fire exclusion has resulted in 

 increased abundance of Douglas- fir. 



2. Retention and recruitment of older-aged ponderosa pines, or, 

 secondarily, Douglas-firs, particularly on warmer, drier 

 slopes . 



3. Retention and recruitment of large-sized snags. 



4. Opening up of dense stands (typically with stagnant Douglas- 

 fir that is excessive in abundance due to fire suppression) , 

 towards a basal area of 35 to 80 square feet, particularly on 

 warmer, drier slopes. 



5. Avoiding an overly uniform stand (i.e., retention of 

 occasional dense patches of shade tolerant species and 

 shrubs) . 



Proposed harvest Units 1,2, 7 & 8 include suitable habitat types and 

 the stand conditions generally described above. The proposed 

 treatments (described previously in Chapter II Alternatives) for 

 these stands would generally meet the above guidance. The effects 

 to Flammulated Owls will be addressed in Chapter IV. 



Boreal Owl : 



Boreal Owl preferred habitat is mature spruce/fir forests, dominated 

 by Englemann spruce, with representation by subalpine fir, Douglas- 

 fir, western larch and minor amounts of lodgepole pine. Mature 

 aspen stands are also frequently used. Stands used are usually over 

 5200' elevation. Younger stands, dominated by serai lodgepole pine 

 are not preferred Boreal Owl habitat . 



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