Marbled Murrelet Recovery Strategy

In 1990 marbled murrelets were designated as threatened by the committee on the status of endangered wildlife in canada once a species is listed as threatened by cosewic a recovery strategy is developed by a recovery team in accordance with guidelines formulated by the recovery of nationally endangered wildlife program renew.

Marbled murrelet recovery strategy.

Federal register 61 fr 26256. Within this protected forestland there are 78 000 acres of current marbled murrelet habitat. Recovery plan for the marbled murrelet washington oregon and california populations 1997 pdf 15mb. Listing status regulatory documents current recovery plan other recovery documents critical habitat.

The adopted marbled murrelet conservation strategy will protect 59 000 acres of occupied marbled murrelet sites areas where murrelets have been sighted and 58 000 acres of forestland set aside specifically for the bird. Critical habitat gis data. Dnr has operated under an interim murrelet conservation strategy since the approval of its hcp by the us fish and wildlife service usfws in 1997. The marbled murrelet is identified as a species of greatest conservation need sgcn under the state wildlife action plan swap.

Federal register 57 fr 45328 pdf 1 5 mb critical habitat. Risk and. Sgcn classified species include both those with and without legal protection status under the federal or state endangered species programs as well as game species with low populations. More precise boundaries may be mapped and additional critical habitat may be added in the future if additional research supports the inclusion of areas beyond those currently identified.

Species at risk act. A final recovery plan is in effect. 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. This federal recovery strategy identifies critical habitat to the extent possible based on the best available information for marbled murrelet.

Recovery plan for the threatened marbled murrelet brachyramphus marmoratus in washington oregon and california. Marbled murrelets require late successional forests with specific nest tree characteristics. Marbled murrelets are adversely affected by reductions and modifications to late successional forests. Fish and wildlife service.

Marbled murrelet recovery team.