The Mitigation

Record of Decision, Final Environmental Impact Statement, Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act- "In order to reduce the risk to the California spotted owl, the following mitigation measure will be applied to all resource management activities conducted under Alternative 2, until a new spotted owl habitat management strategy for the Sierra Nevada is released:

Mitigation: At the site-specific project level, defensible fuel profile zones, group selection harvest areas, and individual tree selection harvest areas will be designed and implemented to completely avoid suitable California spotted owl habitat, including nesting habitat and foraging habitat." (Close Window)