PROGRAM of WORK TO SUPPORT CONSERVATION MEASURES Introduction. The following program of work describes a general framework for addressing information gaps and potential reintroduction. This is a collaborative effort that involves Federal, State, and private entities, beyond enrolled landowners, and builds upon existing carnivore survey and monitoring efforts being implemented by government and non-governmental entities. A xxxxxx CCAA technical team comprising carnivore researchers, Federal and State agencies, as well as private entities that include representatives of interested landowners (and enrolled landowners upon CCAA enactment), has been formed to more specifically describe survey, monitoring, and research actions within this framework. This technical team will provide more specifics to the program of work, as necessary, to ensure information is collected in a coordinated and systematic fashion to maximize our knowledge, improve our inference ability, and further the CCAA conservation goals. However, for the sake of this CCAA, describing the following overarching approach can guide enrolled landowners on contributions to xxxxxx conservation based on the location of their enrolled lands and availability of resources. In Oregon, over 11 million acres of forest land is owned by non-federal forest landowners and subject to State Forest Practices (FP) Rules. The FP Rules do not directly protect fishers or xxxxxx habitat. Application of the rules may, however, retain some structural features (e.g. snags, green trees, down wood) that contribute to xxxxxx habitat. In addition, prohibition of timber harvest within stream and other resource buffers may provide some narrow, linear strips of older forests, which may contain some structural benefit to fishers (Xxxxxx 2015). Fishers are known to occupy stands and landscapes that have been or are managed for timber growth and harvest (x.x. Xxxxxxx et al. 2003, Xxxx and Xxxxxx 2006, Xxxx et al. 2012, Xxxxxxx 2013, Xxxxxxx et al. 2015). However, their tolerance of such management in terms of population response is still uncertain, and is complicated by the varying intensities and scales of such management. Monitoring xxxxxx response to different vegetation management activities would aid in our understanding of how best to manage coexistence of viable xxxxxx populations with active timber harvest. Other key information needs regarding fishers in western Oregon are their distribution and densities. As noted above, we have detections indicating two populations that may be begi...
