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- From: cls@truffula.sj.ca.us (Cameron L. Spitzer)
- Subject: Re: Spotted owl
- Organization: Save the Humans!
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 93 05:26:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.052638.14211@truffula.sj.ca.us>
- Summary: get the Jack Ward Thomas book, it's free
- Keywords: Northern Spotted Owl conservation indicator species
- References: <1993Jan9.190636.14141@nosc.mil>
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- In article <1993Jan9.190636.14141@nosc.mil> shall@obiwan.nosc.mil (Scott R. Hall) writes:
- >I am concerned with the issue of Wa. State's forest lasnds, and the
- >spotted owl. I would be interested in any information anyone has on this
- >topic, including the logging of this land, legalities, and/or the welfare
- >and well being of the spotted owl. Thanks in advance.
- >
- >Scott
-
-
- The most complete discussion that I've read of "the welfare and well being"
- of that species known as the Northern Spotted Owl is called "A Strategy for
- the Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl." It was assembled by a panel of
- experts in population biology, forestry, ornithology, and other related
- fields, led by Dr. Jack Ward Thomas, and it is commonly known as "the Jack
- Ward Thomas report."
-
- It was a joint effort of the US Forest Service, the US Fish and Wildlife
- Service, the Bureau of Land Management, and several other agencies and
- interest groups. You can get a free copy from the USFWS or your
- congressperson's office. It comes with some nice maps and an economic
- analysis projecting the impacts were it adopted, which it was.
-
- In the three years since it was published, the economic analysis has been
- shown to be wildly pessimistic, and the proposed conservation strategy to be
- somewhat inadequate (the proposed "habitat conservation areas" were too small
- and the corridors connecting them too narrow), but the meat of the book is a
- valid and readable discussion of what it takes to keep the owl population
- healthy. Those who wish to understand the notions of "indicator species"
- and "old-growth forest" could start here and then go to the references
- in JWT's enormous bibliography.
-
- :-) Those who prefer an easier read may want to look at _The Lorax_
- by Dr. Seuss. :-)
-
-
- Insights into the legality and politics of forest management in the
- Pacific Northwest might be obtained by asking members of the Association
- of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics. POB 11615, Eugene
- Oregon 97440 (503)484-2692.
-
- Hope this helps, as they say.
- Cameron Spitzer in San Jose Ca.
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