Other Special-Status Species Sample Clauses

Other Special-Status Species. Larch Mountain Salamander Habitat for Larch Mountain salamander may be impacted under the No Action Alternative, particularly talus slopes with a conifer canopy. It is likely, however, that this habitat feature would be identified during the Applicants’ Wildlife Program review process and would be given priority for leave tree areas, thus minimizing impacts under the No Action Alternative. Other habitat features used by this species, such as large down logs or sloughed bark at the base of large snags are likely to occur in forested stands greater than 60 years of age. These stands will be targeted under the No Action Alternative, so it is expected that the down logs would be disturbed or degraded, and the older snags would be reduced unless they are located in an area designated for wildlife tree retention under Forest Practices Rules. These effects are likely to occur to Larch Mountain salamander on the Applicants’ ownership in Skamania County, Washington and Hood River County, Oregon along the Columbia Gorge where the species is known to occur. Goshawk Under the No Action Alternative, most mature stands (greater than 40 years of age) would be harvested in the next decade. Xxxxxxxx would still be likely to occupy some stands throughout the ownership in Washington and Oregon, especially in and adjacent to riparian areas. They may also continue to nest in older trees in the uplands if they are included in a leave-tree patch required under Forest Practices Rules. Xxxxxxxx are known to nest in older remnant trees left in younger forested stands (Xxxxxxxxxx et al. 1999). However, under the No Action Alternative, potential goshawk habitat would be reduced substantially in the next couple of decades as SDS and BLC focus on eliminating spotted owl habitat.