Managing Northern Spotted Owl Habitat in Dry Forest

Ecosystems

Presented ByCindy Donegan

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Managing Northern Spotted Owl Habitat in Dry Forest

Ecosystems

1. No action is not an option; we must continue to move forward

2. Convene a recovery team to develop a spotted owl recovery plan

3. Establish interagency team with the role of setting a provincial context for where fuel reductions would facilitate maintenance and restoration of spotted owl habitat.

2005 Workshop - Recommendations

1. Take it on the road

2. Produce landscape prioritization maps. Senior Managers Group supported moving forward and established an interagency team to develop and distribute the maps

3. Action is needed. Federal agencies should work together, utilizing map product developed in #2 for project area ID.

2006 Workshop - Priority Next Steps

Managing Northern Spotted Owl Habitat in Dry Forest Ecosystems Bend, Oregon 2005

Silvicultural Practices Supporting Northern Spotted Owl Habitat in Dry Forest Ecosystems

Ashland, Oregon 2006

WORKSHOPSManaging Northern Spotted Owl Habitat in Dry Forest

Ecosystems

Conceptual Model

One to many

CompositeRisk Map

CompositeValues Map

Landscape Prioritization Map

RiskFactors

One to many

ResourceValues

Managing Northern Spotted Owl Habitat in Dry Forest Ecosystems

Medford

Ashland

Grants Pass

Roseburg

Coos Bay

8.2 million total acres41% Federal land

Southern OregonCoastal Basin

( HUC 3 )

Crown FirePotential

WildfireDensity

ConditionClass

Fire RiskComposite Map

CriticalHabitat

ReservedHabitat

HabitatConnectivity

OwlPresence

Habitat ValueComposite Map

Combined Composite Map

High Fire Risk & High Habitat Value

Lower Fire Risk & Low Habitat Value

Moderate Fire Risk & Medium Habitat Value

High Priority Protection

Lower Priority Protection

Amount of Treatment AcresWithin Analysis Area

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

USFS BLM NPS

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Mod

Low

FIRE DANGER LEVELS

LO

WL

OW

MODERATE

MODERATE

HIGHHIGH

VERY HIGH

VERY HIGH

EX

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EM

EE

XT

RE

ME

Spectrum of Fire Danger

LARGE WILDFIRE RISK

LE

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LIK

EL

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LE

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YSpectrum of Landscape Fire

Risk

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5

10

15

20

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1 25 49 73 97 121 145 169 193 217

area

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spectrum of landscape fire risk (less to more likely)

Where are the large fires happening?

A fire behavior mapping and analysis program that computes potential fire behavior characteristics (spread rate, flame length, fireline intensity, etc.) over a landscape under constant weather and fuel moisture conditions. Outputs are to be used for making fire and land management decisions.

FlamMap 3.0 (M. Finney)

GR

IDS

Active - sustained runs through the canopy will be observed that may be independent of surface fire activity.

3

Passive - isolated torching of single or groups of trees will be observed and canopy runs limited to short distances.

2

Surface - little or no tree torching will be expected1

Not applicable – non-forested lands0

Crown Fire Activity IndexFlamMap output

2 332 1 3 31 1 3 1 1 1 2 3 3

3 212 2 3 33 3 3 1 1 1 0 1 1

2 222 1 3 33 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2

21 3 1 33 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 112 3 2 22 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2

3 1 2 32 2 3 1 2 2 2 2

2 3 1 13 3 1 1 2 1

3 1 2 2 2 3

2 2 3 1 3 1

3 2 3 23 1 1 2 3 1

2 2 2 13 1 3 1 0 2 3 223 1 2 11 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 3

22 2 1 12 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3

2 221 3 3 33 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 3

3 232 3 2 21 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1

1000-ac circle1000-ac circle

2.0

1000-ac circle1000-ac circle

(Arc GIS)(FlamMap)

Composite

landscape fire risk

map

(2CF+LD+RD)

Composite

landscape fire risk

map

Fires >100-ac since

1970

Composite

landscape fire risk

map

Fires >100-ac from

1936 map

Adjusting weather parameters

Scale of Use

Physiographic Province

Scale of Use

State/County

Scale of Use

Administrative Unit

Scale of Use

HUC 5

project level planning

Scale of Use

need site-specific, refined modeling

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Owl habitatOwl habitat

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Owl habitatOwl habitat

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

LSRsLSRs

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

CHUsCHUs

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

Example Application

Cow Creek Project – Umpqua National Forest

WUIWUI

site-specificproject planningbeginning

site-specificproject planningbeginning

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