Of spotted owls, old growth, and new policies: a history since the Interagency Scientific Committee report.

Bruce G. Marcot; Jack Ward Thomas

doi:10.2737/PNW-GTR-408

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Of spotted owls, old growth, and new policies: a history since the Interagency Scientific Committee report.

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Authors:

Bruce G. Marcot, Jack Ward Thomas

Year:

1997

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Pacific Northwest Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/PNW-GTR-408

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-408. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 34 p

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Abstract

This paper tracks the recent history of planning, management, and litigation regarding northern spotted owls and their habitat on Federal public lands since the 1989 Interagency Scientific Committee to Address the Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl (ISC). The ISC report and subsequent plans sparked many economic analyses, appeals, lawsuits, forest management plans, and counterplans. Federal assessments and planning efforts eventually led to the current Northwest Forest Plan which considers owls in the context of ecological and human communities under the rubric of ecosystem management.

Keywords

Spotted owl, old growth, Interagency Scientific Committee, threatened species, Northwest Forest Plan, forest policy, Endangered Species Act

Citation

Marcot, Bruce G.; Thomas, Jack Ward. 1997. Of spotted owls, old growth, and new policies: a history since the Interagency Scientific Committee report. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-408. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 34 p