Inventory of the Joe Lint Collection on the Northern Spotted Owl, 1960 – 2016

Descriptive Summary

Abstract: The northern spotted owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act throughout its range in the Pacific Northwest in 1990. Citing the loss of old-growth habitats as a threat to its survival, a court order was issued in 1991 to cease logging in national forests that contained northern spotted owls. The ensuing fallout became the focus of national news, pitting loggers and sawmill owners against environmentalists.

This collection contains materials collected by Joe Lint during his career as a wildlife biologist. The bulk of the materials focus on the conflicts and controversy over protection of the northern spotted owl during the 1980s and early 1990s. The collection includes publications, books, reports, articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, memos, scientific studies, and more.

Title: Joe Lint Collection on the Northern Spotted Owl, 1960-2016

Creator: Lint, Joseph

Repository: Forest History Society Library and Archives

Call Number: 2020-003

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: 5.5 linear feet (6 boxes)

Historical and Biographical Note

In 1986, the US Fish and Wildlife Service received a petition requesting increased protection of the northern spotted owl native to the northwestern United States, and change its status to an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. An interagency group of federal and state scientists, ecologists, and mathematicians was formed in 1989 under the leadership of USFS research wildlife biologist Jack Ward Thomas in an effort to gather data about the owl’s population. This interagency group’s report, A Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl, gave sufficient evidence that the owl’s population was decreasing due to the loss of its natural habitat.

The northern spotted owl was listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act throughout its range of northern California, Oregon and Washington by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on June 23, 1990. Citing the loss of old-growth habitats in the owl’s native Pacific Northwest as the primary threat to its survival, a court order was issued in 1991 to cease logging in national forests that contained northern spotted owls.

With an estimated loss of 30,000 jobs within an already-declining industry, loggers and sawmill owners condemned the decision as a misguided act of extreme environmentalism. The fallout became the focus of national news and media outlets, pitting loggers against the environmentalists, who viewed the owl as an “indicator species” whose preservation garnered protection for and awareness of the larger ecosystem.

While the controversy has died down in the last several decades, the population of the northern spotted owl has not improved significantly. More recent studies argue that the invasion of the barred owl has contributed to the declining numbers of northern spotted owls, and there have even been calls to begin systematically killing barred owls in an attempt to save the spotted owl.

A complete timeline of the spotted owl issue can be found on the Forest History website.

Joseph Lint is a wildlife biologist who worked with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in Idaho and Oregon, and was involved with spotted owl conservation and management for much of his career. After receiving his B.S. in forest management from West Virginia University and an M.S. degree in wildlife management from Virginia Tech, Lint worked as a wildlife biologist with the Coeur d’Alene District of the BLM in Idaho from 1974 to 1978. In 1978 he transferred to the Roseburg District of the BLM in Oregon where he was the district biologist for over 12 years. In 1990, he assumed wildlife biologist duties in the Oregon State Office, although he retained his duty station in Roseburg.

In addition to inventory and banding of the northern spotted owls in the early years, Lint has also been involved in several of the major federal conservation planning efforts; he was a member of the Interagency Scientific Committee that drafted a conservation strategy for the northern spotted owl in 1990, as well as the Forest Ecosystem Management Assessment Team, whose report served as the basis for the Northwest Forest Plan. Following the adoption of the Northwest Forest Plan in 1994, Lint was actively involved in the interpretation and implementation of the plan, working with issues ranging from threatened and endangered species to red tree voles to forest thinning. He also served as the northern spotted owl module lead for the Effectiveness Monitoring Program under the Northwest Forest Plan.

Collection Overview

This collection contains materials collected by Joe Lint during his career as a wildlife biologist. The bulk of the materials focus on the conflicts and controversy over protection of the northern spotted owl during the 1980s and early 1990s. The collection includes publications, books, reports, articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, memos, scientific studies, and more.

Collection Arrangement

Series 1- Binders of Notes from Joe Lint, 1981-1986

Series 2 - Books and Bound Publications, 1960-2016

Series 3 - Correspondence, 1987-1991

Series 4 - Committees and Councils, 1987-1990

Series 5 - Inventory & Monitoring Initiatives, 1986-1990

Series 6 - Legal, 1991

Series 7 - Marbled Murrelets Studies, 1988-1990

Series 8 - Newspapers and Clippings, 1981-1993

Series 9 - Owl Day, 1988

Series 10 - Reports, 1972-1992

 

Subject Headings

  • Animal radio tracking
  • Endangered species Northwest, Pacific
  • Forest management
  • Forest management Northwest, Pacific
  • Habitat conservation
  • Habitat conservation Northwest, Pacific
  • Northern spotted owl
  • Northern spotted owl Habitat
  • Northern spotted owl Habitat Northwest, Pacific
  • Northern spotted owl Monitoring Northwest, Pacific
  • Northern spotted owl-Effects of logging on
  • Northwest Forest Plan (U.S.)
  • Logging - law and legislation
  • Pacific Northwest
  • Radio telemetry
  • United States. Bureau of Land Management

Detailed Description of the Collection

Series I - Binders of Notes from Joe Lint (1981-1986)

Box 1:

  • ‘FSOWL’ Binder:
    1. Assorted notes, reports, correspondences (1984-1986)
  • ‘Spotted Owl’ Binder:
    1. Assorted notes, reports, correspondences (1981-1987)
  • Unmarked black binder:
    1. Assorted notes, reports, correspondences (1981-1986)
  • Unmarked black binder:
    1. Assorted notes, reports, correspondences regarding spotted owl inventory (1981-1985)

Series II - Books, Video & Bound Publications (1960-2016)

Box 2:

  • Books: Wildlife Investigational Techniques, Second Edition – The Wildlife Society (1963)
  • Books: Wildlife Management Techniques Manual, Third Edition – The Wildlife Society (1969)
  • Books: Wildlife Management Techniques Manual, Fourth Edition – The Wildlife Society (1980)
  • Books: Wildlife Management – Robert H. Giles, Jr. (1978)
  • Publications: Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl [DRAFT] – US Dept. of Interior (1992)
  • Publications: The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status by the US Dept. of Agriculture
  • Publications: Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Designation Effects for the Northern Spotted Owl (1992)
  • Books: Wildlife Management, Vol. 1 – Trippensee (1948)
  • Books: Forest Fire: Control & Use – Davis (1959)
  • Books: Textbook of Wood Technology, Vol. 1, Second Edition – Panshin and DeZeeuw (1964)
  • Books: Forest Management, Second Edition – Davis (1966)
  • Books: Forest Fragmentation: Wildlife and Management Implications - Rochelle, Lehmann, Wisniewski (1999)
  • Books: Population Demography of Northern Spotted Owls (2011)
  • VHS Video: The Owl and the Timberman / Survival - Doug Bertran

Box 2B:

  • Publications, Pre-1990 folder:
    1. Publications: Western Birds, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1978
    2. Status of the Spotted Owl in Six Rivers National Forest, California – Marcot and Gardetto (1980)
    3. Publications: Distribution and Biology of the Spotted Owl in Oregon – Forsman, Meslow, Wight (1984)
    4. Publications: Ecology and Management of the Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest – edited by Gutierrez and Carey (1985)
    5. Raptor Habitat Management Under the US Bureau of Land Management Multiple-Use Mandate – Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. (1989)
  • Publications, Post-1990 folder:
    1. Publications: Forest Resources Technical Bulletin - Statistical Review of the 1990 Status Review of the Northern Spotted Owl – Reich (1990)
    2. Publications: Time Magazine – June 25, 1990 (owl conservation article on page 58)
    3. Publications: Time Magazine – July 12, 1993 (owl conservation article on page 38)
    4. Distribution, Density, and Age Structure of Spotted Owls on Two Southern California Habitat Islands – Gutierrez and Pritchard (1990)
    5. Publications: Genetic Variation and Differentiation in the Spotted Owl (Strix Occidentalis) – Barrowclough and Gutierrez (1990)
    6. Questions and Answers on A Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl
    7. Publications: Statistical Estimators for Monitoring Spotted Owls in Oregon and Washington in 1987 – Max, Souter, O’Halloran (1990)
    8. Publications: Radio Telemetry Methods for Studying Spotted Owls in the Pacific Northwest – Guetterman, Burns, Reid, Horn, and Foster (1991)
    9. Publications: Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl – US Dept. of Interior, US Fish and Wildlife Service (1992)
    10. Publications: Demography of the Northern Spotted Owl - Forsman, et al (1993)
    11. Publications:Management Options for the Northern Spotted Owl in British Columbia (1994)
    12. Publications: Status and Trends of Northern Spotted Owl Populations and Habitat - Lint (2005)
    13. Publications: Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl (2008)
    14. Publications: Status and Trends of Northern Spotted Owl Habitats – Davis, Hollen, Hobson, Gower, Keenum (2016)

Box 3:

  • Publications: Final Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement for an Amendment to the Pacific Northwest Regional Guide, Vol. 1 (1988)
  • Publications: Final Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement for an Amendment to the Pacific Northwest Regional Guide, Vol. 2 and Appendices (1988)
  • Owl Conservation Strategy (1990)
  • Article Reprints folder:
    1. Article: Status of the Spotted Owl in Six Rivers National Forest, California – Marcot and Gardetto (1980)
    2. Article: Focus on the Issues – Professionals Overrules on the O&C Lands – James R. Lyons (1983)
    3. Article: Rare Birds and Big Trees: West – The Owl and the Old Growth – Jay Heinrichs (1984)
    4. Article: The News Review Weekender – Controversy Rages Around Gentle Owl (1981)
    5. Article: Bird in Peril – Cameron LaFollette
    6. Article: Strix and his mate lucky birds? – Leon Murphy (1978)
    7. Article: Chapter 11 – The Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) – Marcot, Carrier, Holthausen
    8. Article: Mathematical Demography of Spotted Owls in the Pacific Northwest – Noon and Biles
    9. Article: Density of Northern Spotted Owls in Northwest California – Franklin, Ward, Gutierrez, and Gould, Jr.
    10. Article: Article: A Current Assessment of the Spotted Owl Population in Oregon – Forsman, Bruce, Walter, Meslow (1987)
    11. Article: Whose Ancient Forest? - Daniel Jack Chasan (1990)
    12. A Reporter at Large: The Ancient Forest (1990)
    13. Article: An Owl Conservation Strategy That Works (1991)

Series III - Correspondence (1987-1991)

  • Correspondence folder:
    1. Correspondence: Joseph Meyer writing to Pat Green about use of air photo interpretation for spotted owl habitat fragmentation study
    2. Correspondence: Joseph Meyer writing to Joe Lint about findings from spotted owl studies; includes memo with raw data
    3. Correspondence: Spotted Owl Environmental Assessment Decision – Bureau of Land Management (1987)
    4. Correspondence: Kathy to Gayle with notes, data from unspecified spotted owl study
    5. Correspondence: Frank Wagner to Forsman, Meslow, Neitro (1990)
    6. Correspondence: McKelvey Model (1991)
    7. Correspondence: BLM-ODFW Spotted Owl Agreement (1988)
    8. Correspondence: Marvin L. Plenar to Paul M. Vetterick (1989)
    9. Correspondence: Signing of the Interagency Spotted Owl Agreement (1990)
    10. Correspondence: Randy Fisher to Dean Bibles about Interagency Spotted Owl Committee (1990)
    11. Questions for Thomas Committee
    12. Correspondence: Response to Request for Explanation of the Jeopardy Biological Opinions on Proposed Fiscal Year 1991 BLM Timber Sales – US Dept. of Interior (1991)
    13. Correspondence: U. of Chicago Dept. of Biology, US Dept. of Interior, and American Museum of Natural History; ‘Report on the Demography and Survival of the Northern Spotted Owl’ by Russel Lande
    14. Correspondence: Research and Modelling Proposal on the Northern Spotted Owl
    15. Correspondence: from Rose Marie Berezowsky to the State Directors about the ‘Northern Spotted Owl Analysis’ draft (1987)
  • Jack Ward Thomas Correspondence, 1990 folder:
    1. Correspondence with Interagency Spotted Owl Scientific Committee following January 1990 workshop (Feb. 1990)
    2. Correspondence with William H. Lawrence regarding comments to a report draft (Mar. 1990)
    3. Correspondence with John A. Wiens about the draft report of the Committee on A Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl (Mar. 1990)
    4. Correspondence with Larry D. Harris about the draft reports of the Committee on a Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl (Mar. 1990)
    5. Correspondences with Congressman Norm Dicks (July) 1990)
  • Jack Ward Thomas folder
    1. Chronology of owl issue
    2. Jack Ward Thomas materials (personal note, newspaper, etc.)
  • Cy Jamison folder:
    1. Answers to the questions posed in Congressman Peter DeFazio’s letter of Jan. 24 to Cy Jamison
    2. Response to May 23 Hearing Questions for BLM Director Cy Jamison
  • Boyce Correspondence and Memos folder:
    1. Assorted Correspondences regarding spotted owl inventory and GIS data , 1989
    2. Influence of Habitat Fragmentation on Spotted Owl Site Occupancy and Site Reproductive Success in Western Oregon – Boyce and Irwin (1989)
    3. Influence of Habitat Fragmentation on Spotted Owl Site Occupancy and Site Reproductive Success in Western Oregon – with Forsman and Meslow listed as additional author

Series IV - Committees & Councils (1987-1990)

4.1 Interagency Files

  • Answers to Questions Submitted to the Interagency Scientists Committee by the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (1990)
  • Interagency folder:
    1. Interagency Management Guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl in Washington, Oregon, and California [DRAFT] (1987)
    2. “ w/ correspondence from Charlie Bruce
    3. Comments on Second Draft of ‘Interagency Management Guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl in Washington, Oregon, and California’ (1987)
    4. Interagency Management Guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl in Washington, Oregon, and California [DRAFT] (1988)
    5. Interagency Management Guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl in Washington, Oregon, and California (1988)
    6. Correspondence: Comments from Oregon-Washington Interagency Wildlife Committee (OWIWC) on Interagency Management Guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl in Washington, Oregon, and California (1988)
    7. Correspondence: Comments from Oregon-Washington Interagency Wildlife Committee (OWIWC) on Interagency Management Guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl in Washington, Oregon, and California (1988)
    8. Correspondence: Progress report on Interagency Spotted Owl Scientific Committee charter (1989)
    9. Correspondence: Progress report on Interagency Spotted Owl Scientific Committee charter (1989)
    10. Correspondence: Interagency Spotted Owl Scientific Committee (1989)
  • Reviews of Interagency’s Conservation Strategy folder:
    1. A Review of a Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl: The Peer Review Draft – Michael Gilpin (1990)

4.2 National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI)

  • National Council of the Paper Industry for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI) folder:
    1. Technical Bulletin No. 509 – Ecology of the Spotted Owl in Oregon and Washington, Technical (1986)
    2. Northern Spotted Owl Survey, McKenzie Resource Area – Gregory P. Miller (1988)
    3. Relationships Between Forest Management and Spotted Owls in Non-Old-Growth Forests [DRAFT] (1987)
    4. Correspondences: Lee Lauritzen (1988)
    5. Correspondences: Lee Lauritzen (1988)
    6. An Active Process for Conservation of Northern Spotted Owls – Larry L. Irwin (1990)
    7. Review of “Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl” – Russel Lande (1990)

4.3 Spotted Owl Scientific Committee

  • Spotted Owl Scientific Committee bound folder:
    1. Assorted correspondences, memos (1989-90)

Series V – Inventory & Monitoring Initiatives (1986-1990)

Box 3:

  • ‘FS Owl Inventory’ folder
    1. Spotted Owl Monitoring and Inventorying Handbook [DRAFT] (1987)
    2. Spotted Owl Inventory and Monitoring Handbook (1988)
    3. Record of Decision – Amendment to the Pacific Northwest Regional Guide – Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement
    4. Suitable Habitat Definitions by Physiographic Province for Oregon and Washington
    5. Summary of Spotted Owl Inventory, Monitoring, and Management Activities – FY 1987
    6. Assessment and Rehabilitation of Fire Impacts on Spotted Owl Habitat Areas (1987)
    7. Correspondence to spotted owl contacts with forms, instructions for reporting spotted owl inventory
    8. Correspondence from Rob Shull about attached spotted owl monitoring and inventory forms
  • Spotted Owl Monitoring Workshop 1986 folder:
    1. Tentative Agenda (1986); note from Joe Lint
  • 1989 Annual Report: Spotted Owl Inventory and Monitoring, Pacific Northwest Region, USDA Forest Service
  • 1990 Annual Report: Spotted Owl Inventory and Monitoring Program, Pacific Northwest Region, USDA Forest Service

Box 4:

Series VI – Legal (1991)

  • Legal folder:
    1. Legal: Portland Audubon Society, et al. vs. Manual Lujan Jr. – Deposition of Eric Forsman (1991)
    2. Legal: Court proceedings, examination of Barry Noon
    3. Legal: Additional court proceedings, examinations of Barry Noon
    4. Legal: Deposition of Joseph B. Lint taken in behalf of the Northwest Forest Service Council, April 1991

Series VII – Marbled Murrelets Studies (1988-1990)

  • Marbled Murrelets folder:
    1. Reports: The Pacific Seabird Group’s Marbles Murrelet Survey and Intensive Inventory Handbook – Paton and Ralph (1988)
    2. Reports: Intensive Nest Searches, Experimental Radio Attachment and At-Sear Surveys of Marbles Murrelet in Western Oregon – Nelson and Meslow (1990)
    3. Reports: Nest Locations and Nesting Habitat of the Marbled Murrelet in Coastal Oregon (1988)
    4. Correspondences: Spotted Owl sightings made by 1989 Marbled Murrelet Survey Team (1989)
    5. Correspondences: Nesting areas of Marbled Murrelets (1989)
    6. Reports: Development of Inventory Techniques for Surveying Marbled Murrelets in Coniferous Forests of the Oregon Coast Range (1988)
    7. Distribution of Marbled Murrelet in Oregon Project Proposal – S. Kim Nelson (1989)

 Series VIII – Newspapers and Clippings (1979-1993)

  • Newspaper: The News Review – Weekender, July 14, 1981
  • Newspaper: The News Review, September 6, 1989
  • Newspaper: The News Review, June 22, 1990
  • Newspaper: The News Review, June 24, 1990
  • BLM News, July 1990; January 1991
  • Newspaper: Willamette Week, April 8 – April 14, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Sunday Oregonian, June 3, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Oregonian Metro, March 25, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Sunday Oregonian, March 28, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Oregonian Metro, March 29, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Oregonian Metro, March 30, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Oregonian, July 1, 1993
  • Newspaper: The News Review, July 1, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Oregonian, July 1, 1993
  • Newspaper: The Oregonian, July 3, 1993
  • Miscellaneous news and article clippings

Series IX – Owl Day 1988

  • Owl Day 1988 folder
    1. Owl Day Discussion: Federal and State Agency Executives (1988)
    2. Owl Day Discussion with Federal and State Agency Executives for Oregon and Washington (1988)
    3. Correspondences: Logistics and invite list for owl day event from James F. Torrence (1988)
    4. Correspondence: Logistics and draft agenda for owl day event from James F. Torrence (1988)
    5. Various handwritten notes

Series X - Reports (1972-1992)

10.1 BLM Northern Spotted Owl Analysis

  • BLM Northern Spotted Owl Analysis folder:
    1. Reports: Northern Spotted Owl Analysis – Bureau of Land Management (1986)
    2. Reports: Northern Spotted Owl Analysis [DRAFT] – Bureau of Land Management (1987)
    3. Reports: Northern Spotted Owl Analysis [DRAFT] – Bureau of Land Management (1987) w/ memorandum from Richard F. Johnson
    4. Reports: Northern Spotted Owl Analysis [DRAFT] – without memorandum from Richard F. Johnson

10.2 Chronological Reports

  • Reports: 1970’s folder:
    1. Habitat Management Series for Unique or Endangered Species – Mark Zarn (1974)
    2. Barred Owl Habitat Use as Determined by Radiotelemetry – Nicholls and Warner (1972)
    3. Report: Gifford Pinchot National Forest Spotted Owl Survey and Habitat Analysis – Paz, Mengel, Ruediger, Garcia (1979)
    4. A Survey of the Spotted Owl in Northwestern Washington – Howard R. Postovit (1976-77)
    5. The Status of the Spotted Owl in Northwestern California – Gordon I. Gould Jr. (1973)
    6. The Status of the Spotted Owl in Northwestern California – Gordon I. Gould Jr. (1974)
    7. Publications: Spotted Owl Survey (1979)
    8. Spotted Owl Abundance in Young Versus Old-Growth Forests, Oregon – Forsman, Meslow, Strub (1977)

Box 5:

  • Reports: 1980-84 folder:
    1. Reports: Analysis of Habitat Preference and Use by Dispersing, Juvenile Spotted Owls – Progress Report (1982)
    2. Reports: Habitat Use by Radio-Tagged Northern Spotted Owls on the Six Rivers National Forest – David M. Solis (1980)
    3. A Summary of the Scientific Basis for Spotted Owl Management – Andrey B. Carey (1984-85)
    4. Reports: Administrative Study of Relationships Between Wildlife and Management of Mature and Over-Mature (Old-Growth) Tree Stands Supplemental Report on a Test of a Spotted Owl Habitat Suitability Model – Laymon and Barrett (1982)
    5. Conference Proceedings: Spotted Owl Research and Management in the Pacific Northwest – Forsman, Horn, Neitro (1982)
    6. Reports: Spotted Owl Habitat Use on the Six Rivers National Forest, Humboldt County, California – Solis and Gutierrez (1982)
    7. Reports: Habitat Use by Radio-Tagged Northern Spotted Owls on the Six Rivers National Forest – Solis (1980)
    8. Reports: Winter Ecology of Radio-Tagged Spotted Owls on Six Rivers National Forest Humboldt Co., CA. by Chuck Cisco (1984)
  • Reports: 1985-86 folder:
    1. Reports: Spotted Owls in Young Forests – Additional Surveys in the Northern Coast Range of Oregon [DRAFT] – Eric D. Forsman (1986)
    2. Reports: Monitoring of Adult Spotted Owls in Planned Management Areas, Eugene District, BLM – Project Final Report (1985)
    3. Reports: Habitat Suitability Index Models: Spotted Owl – Laymon, Salwasser, Barrett (1985)
    4. Comments on Report on the Demography and Survival of the Northern Spotted Owl – Robert E. Vincent (1985)
    5. Reports: Dispersal of Juvenile Northern Spotted Owls in the Pacific Northwest Douglas-Fire Region (1986)
    6. Breeding Ecology of the Barred Owls in the Central Appalachians – Devereux and Mosher (1985)
    7. Spotted Owls in Harvested Areas Adult Monitoring Project – Meslow, Nickell, Hause (1986)
    8. Population Ecology of the Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) in Northwest California: Preliminary Results – Franklin, Ward, Gutierrez (1986)
    9. Audubon Conservation Report No. 7: Report of the Advisory Panel on the Spotted Owl – (1986)
  • Reports: 1987-89 folder:
    1. Thesis: Home Range Size of the Northern Barred Owl and Northern Spotted Owl in Western Washington – Thomas Edward Hamer (1988)
    2. Reports: Optimal Sampling for Radiotelemetry Studies of Spotted Owl Habitat and Home Range – Carey, Horton, Reid (1989)
    3. Report: BLM – ODFW Agreement for Spotted Owl Management on BLM Lands in Western Oregon (1988)
    4. Progress Reports: Spotted and Great Horned Owl: Their Abundance in and Relationship to Fragmented Forests of Oregon’s Western Cascades – Johnson and Meslow (1989)
    5. The Ecology of Spotted Owls in the Central Cascades, Western Oregon – Meslow, Miller (1988)
    6. Thesis: Dispersal of Juvenile Northern Spotted Owls in Western Oregon – Gary Scott Miller (1989)
    7. Patterns of Flying Squirrel Abundance: Coast Ranges and Olympic Peninsula Annual Progress Report, Sept. 1988 – Biswell, Carey (1988)
    8. Correspondence: RJ Gutierrez to James Decker – Final Report for “Spotted Owl Surveys of BLM Selected Land, 1987” (1987)
    9. Spotted Owl Habitat Use in the Oregon Coast Range Progress Report – Reid, Horton, Carey (1987)
    10. Spotted Owl Home Range and Habitat Use in Southern Oregon Coast Ranges – Carey, Reid, Horton (1989)
    11. Spotted Owl RD&A Program – Annual Research Reports (1987)
    12. A survey of Spotted Owls in Western Olympic National Park – Washington Dept. of Wildlife (1987)
    13. Reports: Population Ecology of the Northern Spotted Owl in Northwest California – Franklin and Gutierrez (1988)
    14. Influence of Habitat Fragmentation on Spotted Owl Site Selection, Site Occupancy, and Reproductive Status in Western Oregon – Meyer, Irwin, Boyce (1989)
  • Reports: 1990’s folder:
    1. Reports: New Perspectives: The Role of Spatial Modeling in Forest Management – McKelvey and Noon; some attached notes from Barry Noon about the paper (1990)
    2. Reports: A Spatially Explicit Life-History Simulator for the Northern Spotted Owl – Kevin McKelvey (1991)
    3. Reports: Influence of Habitat Fragmentation on Spotted Owl Site Selection, Site Occupancy, and Reproductive Status in Western Oregon – Joseph Meyer (1990)
    4. Reports: Spotted Owl Models – Mark S. Boyce (1990)
    5. Reports: Effects of Tags on Owls – Paton, Zabel, Tilghman, Noon (1990)
    6. Reports: A Spatially Explicit Life-History Simulator for the Northern Spotted Owl – Kevin McKelvey (1991)
    7. Reports: The Extension of the Range of the Barred Owl into Oregon and Potential for Interaction with the Spotted Owl – Robert E. Vincenti (1990)
    8. Reports: Spotted Owl Radio-Telemetry in the Mixed Conifer Zone of the Roseburg District of the BLM – Reid, Howns, Burns, Carey, Forsman (1990)
    9. Reports: Standards and Guidelines for Establishment and Implementation of Demographic and Density Study Areas for Spotted Owls (1990)
    10. Reports: Minimum Standards for Monitoring Spotted Owl Sites and Census of Density Study Areas [DRAFT] (1990)
    11. The Barred Owl in British Columbia – James Grant (1990)
    12. Reports: Influence of Habitat Fragmentation on Spotted Owl Site Location, Site Occupancy, and Reproductive Status in Western Oregon – Meyer, Irwin, and Boyce (1992)
    13. Prospectus for the Future Focus of the Spotted Owl Research: Based on the Implementation of “A Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl” – Noon (1990)
  • Undated reports:
    1. Publications: Spotted Owl Research and Management in the Pacific Northwest – Forsman, Horn, and Neitro
    2. A Critique of “Report on the Demography and Survival of the Northern Spotted Owl” by Russel Lande – Dixon and Pierce
    3. Raptor Conservation and Management Applications of Bio-Telemetry Studies from Cedar Creek Natural History Area – Fuller, Nichols, Tester
    4. Genetic Monitoring of Spotted Owls: A Proposal – Barrowclough and Gutierrez
    5. Habitat Utilization by Spotted Owls on the Eugene District of the Bureau of Land Management – Eric D. Forsman
    6. Strix varia varia: Northern Spotted Owl, Plates 41-47
    7. Status of the Spotted Owl in Arcata Resource Area
    8. Maintaining A Connected, Inter-breeding Population
    9. The Spotted Owl – Forsman and Meslow
    10. Reports: Analyzing Population Viability of the Spotted Owl in the Pacific Northwest – Marcot and Hothausen
    11. Reports: California Spotted Owl Habitat Study, Central Sierra Nevada: Final Report – Laymon

10.3 Neal et. al. Progress Reports

  • Neal et al. Progress Reports, 1989-1990 folder:
    1. Progress Reports: A Study in Spotted Owl Home-Range Size and Composition in the Sierra National Forest – Neal, Verner, Steger, Eberlein (Jan. 1989)
    2. Progress Reports: A Study in Spotted Owl Home-Range Size and Composition in the Sierra National Forest – Neal, Verner, Steger, Eberlein (Sept. 1989)
    3. Progress Reports: A Study in Spotted Owl Home-Range Size and Composition in the Sierra National Forest – Neal, Verner, Steger, Eberlein (1990)

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