Marbled Murrelette Santa Cruz Mountains

Bioregional council co sponsors local marbled murrelet training class twelve local biologists were trained and certified this past june to conduct forest surveys for murrelets in the santa cruz mountains.

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Those funds helped purchase gazos mountain camp which was added to butano in 2000. Klamath wildlife resources. 303 big trees park road. In addition to murrelet surveys all bird species that were detected were counted and are reported here.

Santa cruz district. Marbled murrelet brachyramphus marmoratus pair off the santa cruz boardwalk. In the santa cruz mountains. An intensive 4 day training class was co sponsored by the santa cruz moun.

Marbled murrelet monitoring surveys. There are only about 450 murrelets in the santa cruz mountains region making this the most endangered and southernmost population on the west coast. Marbled murrelet monitoring surveys. Command oil spill trustee council.

The santa cruz mountains are thought to have only 10 000 acres of old and second growth trees 50 of which lies within big basin state park alone singer 2003. Also immediately fo llowing each dawn completed murrelet survey a corvid survey was co mpleted at or near many of the survey stations. The marbled murrelet is listed as endangered under the california endangered species act and threatened under the u s. 1760 kenyon drive.

Redding ca 96001. Department of parks and recreation. Photo by local ornithologist alex rinkert. And there are only 450 individuals in the santa cruz mountains a seabird the marbled murrelet makes its living fishing in the ocean and marshes.

Suddjian biological consulting services. Felton ca 95018. The santa cruz mountains are one of the most biodiverse regions in california. Santa cruz redwood state parks marbled murrelet corvid monitoring 2010 4 always a certainty.

In the late 90s the sempervirens fund a land trust focused on the santa cruz mountains redwood forests received 500 000 in oil spill mitigation funds to protect murrelet breeding habitat. 801 monterey ave capitola ca 95010. And within that range other threats are present. It took 37 days to contain the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties but the recovery process for charred forests in the santa cruz mountains is only beginning.

But it nests inland in very tall flat topped trees redwoods douglas firs sitka spruces which basically means old growth timber.