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Maintaining Essential Habitat
The health of forests cannot be measured by trees alone, but must take into account the wildlife that inhabits them.
The North Coast of California offers some unique wildlife habitats, which require special attention.
In 1990 a wildlife biologist was hired to study the impact of timber operations on wildlife in our forests -- particularly the Northern spotted owl. This groundbreaking scientific research and monitoring program led to the development of an effective means to sustain populations of spotted owls during timber operations.
As a result of this pioneering research, our California timberlands were the first privately owned timberlands in the nation to be awarded a Habitat Conservation Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. An HCP is a voluntary forest management plan developed in cooperation with the landowner and numerous governmental agencies. HCPs provide habitat protection beyond that required by current state forest practices regulations.
While the original research focused on a study of the Northern spotted owl, the investigations have since blossomed to include studies of a host of wildlife and fish species and, most recently, botanical varieties as well.
Please choose from one of the links below to learn more about what we have discovered through these studies of forest life.
Wildife Fisheries Botany Aquatic HCP Fact Sheet
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