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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
acre
s
High
Mod
Low
FIRE DANGER LEVELS
LO
WL
OW
MODERATE
MODERATE
HIGHHIGH
VERY HIGH
VERY HIGH
EX
TR
EM
EE
XT
RE
ME
Spectrum of Fire Danger
LARGE WILDFIRE RISK
LE
SS
LIK
EL
Y
LE
SS
LIK
EL
YM
OR
E L
IKE
LY
MO
RE
LIK
EL
YSpectrum of Landscape Fire
Risk
0
5
10
15
20
25
1 25 49 73 97 121 145 169 193 217
area
-adj
uste
d fr
eque
ncy
of f
ires
>10
0-ac
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
Questions ???
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