Marbled Murrelet Recovery Strategy

Habitat loss due to uncharacteristically severe fire is of particular concern in the klamath mountains ecoregion.

Marbled murrelet recovery strategy. Recovery strategy for the marbled murrelet 2014 2 breeding alternate plumage is a marbled grey brown plumage that provides good. Within this protected forestland there are 78 000 acres of current marbled murrelet habitat. Marbled murrelet recovery team. Federal register 57 fr 45328 pdf 1 5 mb critical habitat.

This federal recovery strategy identifies critical habitat to the extent possible based on the best available information for marbled murrelet. Marbled murrelets require late successional forests with specific nest tree characteristics. The marbled murrelet a small seabird that nests in large conifer trees is a federally threatened species covered by the washington state department of natural resources dnr s trust lands habitat conservation plan hcp. The marbled murrelet is identified as a species of greatest conservation need sgcn under the state wildlife action plan swap.

Recovery plan for the marbled murrelet washington oregon and california populations 1997 pdf 15mb. Listing status regulatory documents current recovery plan other recovery documents critical habitat. More precise boundaries may be mapped and additional critical habitat may be added in the future if additional research supports the inclusion of areas beyond those currently identified. Federal register 61 fr 26256.

Recovery plan for the threatened marbled murrelet brachyramphus marmoratus in washington oregon and california. Risk and. Fish and wildlife service. The adopted marbled murrelet conservation strategy will protect 59 000 acres of occupied marbled murrelet sites areas where murrelets have been sighted and 58 000 acres of forestland set aside specifically for the bird.

A final recovery plan is in effect. Sgcn classified species include both those with and without legal protection status under the federal or state endangered species programs as well as game species with low populations. In 1990 marbled murrelets were designated as threatened by the committee on the status of endangered wildlife in canada once a species is listed as threatened by cosewic a recovery strategy is developed by a recovery team in accordance with guidelines formulated by the recovery of nationally endangered wildlife program renew. Critical habitat gis data.

Species at risk act.