Transcript Document 7712847

Fisher Conservation Assessment
and Strategy
Pacific Fisher Style
Interagency Conservation Team
Steering Committee: USFS, BLM, NPS, FWS,
BIA and Tribes, States (CA, OR, WA), British
Columbia Ministry of the Environment
Fisher Science Team: Keith Aubry (PNW)-Team
Lead, Bill Zielinski (PSW), Steve Buskirk (U of
WY) and Mike Schwartz (RMRS)
Fisher Biologist Team: Bob Naney (USFS-R6) &
Laura Finley (FWS)-Co Team Leads, Jeff Lewis
(WDFW), Esther Burkett (CDFG), Don Whittaker
(ODFW), Mark Higley (Hoopa Tribal Forestry),
Paul Phifer (FWS-R1), Linda Hale (OR/WA
BLM), Amy Krause (CA BLM), Cathy Raley
(PNW), Patti Happe (NPS), Jim Claar (USFSR1), Diane MacFarlane and Rick Truex (USFSR5)
Historic and Current Range
Fisher Range in British Columbia
• Current range
is
approximately
200 km north
of the
international
border.
• The extent of
occupation of
this current
range is
unknown.
 Effective fisher
conservation requires
coordination and
management of habitat
across administrative,
state, and international
boundaries.
Interagency Assessment and
Strategy Will Facilitate;
Coordinating Data Collection
and Analysis in the West
Coast DPS
Coordination with Private
Timber Companies on CCAA
Development
Cooperation & Involvement as
an Interagency Conservation
Program
Coordinating Information
Exchange Between States and
Federal Agencies, NGO’s and
Private Industry
Coordination of Research &
Monitoring Through the Fisher
Science Team
Integration of Fisher
Conservation in Agency
Programs
Assimilating research, monitoring , survey
information to develop a comprehensive
assessment and strategy
For example:
•
Tribes: Development and
implementation of long-term population
monitoring using genetic tagging for
Pacific fisher on the Hoopa Valley
Reservation, Ca
•
Washington Department of Fish and
Wildlife Cooperative Fisher
Reintroduction Program
•
Multiple independent studies being
conducted by private timber
companies.
•
Ongoing research and monitoring
being conducted by PNW, PSW and
USFS Region 5
Pacific Fisher CCAA with Sierra
Pacific Industries and Green
Diamond Resource Company
Habitat
Conservation
Measures: SPI
manages 1,218,648
acres of forestland
within the historical
range of fisher
Other listed species which
use similar habitat
• Spotted owl (northern
and California)
• Marbled murrelet
Anticipated Timeline
Candidate
Status, April
2004
Bio. And Science
Teams
August/September
2005
December 2006
Draft CA and
CS
June 2007
Final CA
and CS
Peer and
Agency Review