Marbled Murrelet Suitable Habitat

The precise amount of suitable murrelet habitat within the listed range is unknown.

Marbled murrelet suitable habitat.

Although most murrelet nesting habitat on private lands has been eliminated by logging suitable habitat remains on federal and state owned lands. 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. To meet the conservation region s 80 spatial nesting habitat protection target of 77 132 ha flnrord is working towards the protection of an additional 10 931 ha of suitable marbled murrelet nesting habitat in the region primarily through the establishment of new wildlife habitat areas under the provincial forest and range practices act. The marbled murrelet is listed as a federal threatened and state endangered species wac 220 610 010 in washington endangered means any wildlife species native to the state that is seriously threatened with extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range within the state.

Marbled murrelet suitable habitat corporate data campbell river natural resource district landscape unit portions marbled murrelet conservation regions clayoquot sound special management zone excluded non provincially managed land campbell river natural resource district note. Recent oil spills off the coast of california and oregon have contributed to direct mortality of marbled murrelets and other seabirds. Marbled murrelet nesting habitat suitability model for the british columbia coast. This data is an aggregate of predicted suitable habitat from a wide scale algorithm using elevation distance inland forest cover tree height and age as well as two separate regional nesting habitat models.

The use of inland lakes during the nonbreeding season occurs in conjunction with visits to nesting areas. The amount of suitable habitat has continued to decline throughout the range of the marbled murrelet primarily due to commercial timber harvest. Marbled murrelet winter habitat is the same as the nesting and foraging habitat. During the winter marbled murrelets use inland old growth or mature sites for roosting courtship and investigating nest sites.

3 suitable marbled murrelet habitat would be a new approach assume habitat occupied until documented otherwise significant additional work needed to vet this option agenda item b attachment 17 page 26 of 46.