Rich Klug: 530-938-5729

richk@rfpco.com

Roseburg Resource Company

Approximately 175,000 acres

total with 110,000 acres

within the range of the NSO

Uneven-age management

until early 2000’s, then

transitioned to even-aged

management

Location of Roseburg’s CA timberlands

Surveys started in early 1990’sVery few historic Activity Centers in NSO

Database on or adjacent to RRC ownershipMany have been determined to be unoccupied

or not valid by USFWS (not all of these are correctly represented in the CNDDB)

Sacramento Canyon noted for not having NSOCurrently there are less than a dozen

occupied AC’s on or adjacent (within 1.3 miles) to RRC lands.

History and Current Status of NSO Surveys

Of these, there are three that have been surveyed and been found to be unoccupied for 3-4 years that we are awaiting new site abandonment protocols.

All the AC’s on RRC are in areas not generally considered good habitat (however, one site has fledged two in each of the last 4 years)

History and Current Status of NSO Surveys

Of the six, three that have been surveyed and been found to be unoccupied for 3-4 years that we are awaiting new site abandonment protocols.

All the AC’s on RRC are in areas not generally considered good habitat (however, one site has fledged two in each of the last 4 years)

Adjacent sites include FS LSR sites

History and Current Status of NSO Surveys

We currently have a Survey Waiver (based on Zabel, et al and extensive survey history) issued by USFWS that states we do not have to survey for spotted owls in the Sacramento River Canyon and Trinity County ownership.

NSO Regulatory Compliance

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Other areas get USFWS endorsed protocol surveys which are reviewed through the THP approval process

We frequently use Take Avoidance Scenarios 2 and 3 due to a lack of high quality habitat. We occasionally use Scenario 1.

NSO Regulatory Compliance

Less than 5% of the ownership is Nesting-Roosting or High Quality Nesting Roosting habitat

The huge majority is foraging/low quality foraging with a some non habitat

Heavy snow usually prevents early season activities/disturbance

Owl Protections

Survey protocolUSFWS endorsed protocol used in non-waiver

areasAddition BO surveys conducted where historic

NSO are not detectedSurvey effort

RRC designs all surveys based on habitat/topography

Contractor used to conduct surveysAnnual effort depends on THP demandsThe few historic AC’s are checked annually

either by RRC or contractors

Owl Surveys

Due to low number sites and early season access issues (snow) we do not monitor demography

Owl Population Data

We’ve detected BO on two tracts but they don’t seem to have established territories (they may have temporarily displaced one AC)

Some illegal marijuana grows but not to the extent as in other regions

Unregulated Threats to NSO

We have very few owlsPast uneven aged management may not have

been good for owls (little nesting roosting habitat at present time)

We continue to conduct NSO surveys in non-survey areas

We are working with USFWS to extend survey waiver.

We have not seen BO colonize this area like they have in other areas.

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