Where Are The Owls?

ESTIMATED SPOTTED OWL HABITAT AND NUMBER OF PAIRS OF SPOTTED OWLS LOCATED BETWEEN 1990 AND 1995 ON ALL LAND IN WASHINGTON, OREGON, AND CALIFORNIA

  Estimated acres of owl habitat timber capability (in thousands) Owl pairs
Landowner or agency Reserved* Not
Suitable**
Suitable TOTAL Reproducing Not
Reproducing
USFS, WA 433 84 818 1635 66 151
USFS, OR 438 241 1909 2588 274 667
USFS, CA 151 209 474 834 169 234
BLM, WA NA NA NA -- -- --
BLM, OR 158 -- 701 859 224 207
BLM, CA 13 -- 6 19 7 7
NPS, WA 480 0 0 480 10 10
NPS, OR 50 0 0 50 2 3
NPS, CA 40 0 0 40 1 2
Tribal, WA 42 NA 24 66 2 3
Tribal, OR NA NA NA 54 1 0
Tribal, CA NA NA NA NA NA NA
FWS, WA 2 NA 5 7 0 1
FWS, OR 4 NA NA 4 0 0
WDNR, WA NA NA NA NA 4 9
WDW, WA 0 NA 5 5 0 0
St.Parks, WA 2 0 0 2 0 0
Seattle/Tacoma 0 0 2 2 0 0
ODFW, OR 2 NA 78 80 1 2
St.Parks, OR 8 0 0 8 1 0
County/City OR NA NA NA NA 1 0
CDF, CA NA NA NA NA 0 3
St.Parks CA 56 0 0 56 5 3
BLM/TNC, CA 7 0 0 7 0 2
NAS, CA 1 0 0 1 0 1
Private WA NA NA NA NA 36 63
Private OR NA NA NA NA NA NA
Private CA NA NA NA NA 2 2
TOTALS
(in thousands)
1886 834 4022 6795 906 1096
* Withdrawn from harvest (Wilderness and Research Natural Areas)
** Lands unsuited for timber production because of allocation to other uses by land management plans, or technically unsuitable for timber production because of soil problems or difficulty of regeneration.


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