1. Key Recommendations and Products From a Series of Dry-Forest Workshops in Oregon and Washington Redmond, OR October 14, 2009

2. Key Messages Be proactive Be proactive Be strategic with our actions Be strategic with our actions Fill key knowledge gaps Fill key knowledge gaps Incorporate multiple scales Incorporate multiple scales Integrate management across the landscape Integrate management across the landscape Collaborate among disciplines and agencies Collaborate among disciplines and agencies Learn from our management. Learn from our management.

3. Be Proactive No Action is not an option No Action is not an option Not a license to treat all fuels everywhere Not a license to treat all fuels everywhere Acknowledgement that: Acknowledgement that: –No action is a decision –May be risks inherent in not acting Move forward, but... Move forward, but...

4. Be Strategic –Ensure we’re doing the right treatment in the right place at the right time –identify priority areas for reducing the risk of stand replacement wildfires in areas with high habitat values.

5. Landscape Treatment Prioritization

6. Fill key knowledge gaps Effects of treatments on trends in overstory, understory, snags, and coarse wood. Effects of treatments on trends in overstory, understory, snags, and coarse wood. Defining owl habitat. Defining owl habitat. Can treatments effectively retain habitat and reduce fire risk within the stand? Can treatments effectively retain habitat and reduce fire risk within the stand?

8. Fill key knowledge gaps How do owls respond to wildfires How do owls respond to wildfires How do owls and owl prey respond to stand treatments (thinning, prescribed fire, etc.) How do owls and owl prey respond to stand treatments (thinning, prescribed fire, etc.) USDA Forest Service

9. Incorporate Multiple Scales

10. NSO Local Habitat Parameters ParameterAttributes by scaleSource Nesting habitat Home Range scale 30-70% older forest Stand structure scale Canopy closure typically >70% Nest site typically associated with >30” dbh Smith & Jones 2010 Foraging Habitat

12. Integrate Management Forest Service

13. Collaboration across ownership and disciplines

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15. Stand component NSOStand condition & trajectory Fire Large Overstory Tree Suitable nest site Produce site- adapted seedlings Typically fire resilient High crown densities and canopy closure Thermal microhabitat Cover from predators Nest site cover Impedes ability to develop healthy LCR Impede some understory spp. Impede ability to develop larger structures Increased fuel moisture Increased ability to develop and maintain active crown fire

16. Forest Service

17. Learn from Management Miel Corbett