Mt. Hood NF Eastside Spotted Owl Habitat

Barlow and Hood River Ranger Districts

Threats to Owl Habitat

Insects, Diseases, Fire and Human Influence

1973 Rocky Burn

Ponderosa Pine/Oregon White Oak

Mt. Pine Beetle Mortality

Insect and Disease Mortality

Thinning Slash

Treatments in Owl Habitat

Landscape to Project Level

Precommercial Thinning

Roadside Firewood

Treat Uplands in a Pattern to reduce Crown Fire

Maintain Riparian Area as Owl Habitat

1999 Harvest Unit – Suitable Owl Habitat Post Harvest

2004 Harvest Unit-Suitable owl Habitat Post harvest

2005 Proposed WUI Unit Maintain at 60 Percent Canopy - Underburn