All marbled murrelet nests found in washington oregon and california were located in old growth trees that ranged from 38 inches 88 cm d b h.
Marbled murrelet washington range.
Marbled murrelet recovery depends in large part on conservation and restoration of breeding habitat on federally managed lands.
Fish and wildlife service usfws.
With a mean of 80 inches 203 cm d b h.
The marbled murrelet brachyramphus marmoratus ranges from alaska to california and is listed under the endangered species act as a threatened species in washington oregon and california.
A juvenile marbled murrelet on its mossy nest on a tree limb.
A major objective of the northwest forest plan the plan is to conserve and restore nesting habitat that will sustain a viable marbled murrelet population.
Dnr is working with the usfws on a long term conservation strategy for the marbled murrelet in the six western washington planning units within the murrelet s range.
Murrelet capture locations around washington s olympic peninsula during the 2004 and 2005 trapping seasons.
In washington marbled murrelets nest in mature and old growth conifer forests and sometimes in comparatively younger forests with residual old growth trees.
View a map of the proposal area.
Marbled murrelet populations are in decline particularly in washington oregon and california.
The us fish and wildlife service added the marbled murrelet to the threatened list on october 1 1992 and defines critical habitat for this species as having 1 individual trees with potential nesting platforms and 2 forested areas within 0 5 miles 0 8 kilometers of individual trees with potential nesting platforms and with a canopy height of at least one half the site potential tree height.
Puget sound conservation zone 1 western washington coast range conservation zone 2 oregon coast range conservation zone 3 siskiyou coast range conservation zone 4 mendocino conservation zone 5 and santa cruz mountains conservation zone 6 figure 1.
The washington state department of natural resources dnr is drafting a long term conservation strategy for the marblet murrelet and this esri story map presents the draft environmental impact statement deis which is a joint document produced by the dnr and u s.
Nests were located high above the ground and had good overhead protection but allowed easy access to the exterior forest.
To 210 inches 533 cm d b h.
Marbled murrelet story map description.
Partners in flight estimates a global breeding population of 260 000 ranks the species a 15 out of 20 on the continental concern score and includes it on the yellow watch list for species in decline.
Fish and wildlife service.
Birds winter throughout the breeding range and also occur in small numbers off southern california.
Straits olympic experimental state forest south coast columbia south puget and north puget.
The 1997 recovery plan for the marbled murrelet usfws 1997 identified six conservation zones throughout the listed range of the species.
The california oregon and washington populations are listed as threatened under the federal endangered species act by the u s.
Marbled murrelets are seabirds that forage in marine waters but nest in forests.
Red circles indicate areas where trapping occurred each year.
