Table 2. Priority Wildlife Animal Species Habitat Protection*

Species or
Habitat		   Management Action
Cavity users   Snag and green tree retention of lands allocated
to timber management. Provide for 100 percent of
optimum woodpecker populations. Snag and green tree
retention on lands not allocated to timber management.
Unmerchantable snags and culls would be retained unless
safety hazard. Provide for 40 percent of the mean number
of snags found in unentered stands.
Coarse woody debris (CWD)   CWD retention on lands allocated to timber management. CWD
would be retained to approximate the mean levels found in
unentered stands. Retain 120 linear feet per acre logs equal
to or greater than 16 inches in diameter and 16 feet long.
Special habitats (meadows,
caves, wetlands, springs,
etc.)		   Special habitats would be protected or enhanced for wildlife
habitat with a 100 to 200 foot buffer. New road location. Roads
would avoid special habitats and minimize effects to wetlands
and riparian areas. Off-highway vehicle closure. Meadows and
wetlands would be closed to off-highway vehicle use.
Cliffs   Peregrine nests and potential peregrine nests would be
protected.
Talus slopes   Sites where Del Norte and Siskiyou salamanders are found
would be protected.
Land tenure   Land would be acquired to facilitate wildlife habitat management.
Roosevelt elk   Maintain target habitat conditions. Within selected elk
management areas, forage and cover would be managed to
maintain habitat effect indices of at least 0.6.

Within elk management areas, forage would be managed by
creating small openings, burning, seeding, fertilizing, and
other means.

Within selected elk management areas, manage open road
density for target of 1.5 miles of road per square mile.

Lands would be acquired to facilitate habitat management.
Designated deer winter
range areas		   Thermal cover. At least 20 percent of these areas would be
maintained in thermal cover. Habitat management plans
would be prepared unless incorporated into watershed
analysis.

Activities would be restricted to avoid disturbance Nov. 15
to April 1.

All roads except major collectors and arterials would be
closed Nov. 15 to April 1. New road construction would
be minimized.

Permanent forage areas would be created only on lands not
managed for timber.

Raptors and great blue herons   Nest site and habitat would be protected. Disturbance
would be avoided during nesting season.
Golden eagles   Protection of 30-acre core around nest site. No timber harvest
or habitat removal. No new road construction.

Disturbance would be avoided during nesting season.

White oak   Maintain or enhance values for wildlife, range, plants
and biological diversity.
* (See also directions for Survey and Manage Species, Appendix C.)