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Conservation Strategies for Eastside Spotted Owl Habitat in Mt. Hood National Forest

Explore threats to owl habitat and mitigation efforts in Mt. Hood NF's Barlow and Hood River Ranger Districts. Learn about insect, disease, fire, and human impact challenges, as well as forest management actions such as thinning, slash treatments, and post-harvest habitat maintenance. Discover how landscape-level strategies aim to balance conservation and sustainable forestry practices.

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Conservation Strategies for Eastside Spotted Owl Habitat in Mt. Hood National Forest

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  1. Mt. Hood NF Eastside Spotted Owl Habitat Barlow and Hood River Ranger Districts

  2. Threats to Owl Habitat Insects, Diseases, Fire and Human Influence

  3. 1973 Rocky Burn

  4. Ponderosa Pine/Oregon White Oak

  5. Mt. Pine Beetle Mortality

  6. Insect and Disease Mortality

  7. Thinning Slash

  8. Treatments in Owl Habitat Landscape to Project Level

  9. Precommercial Thinning

  10. Roadside Firewood

  11. Treat Uplands in a Pattern to reduce Crown Fire

  12. Maintain Riparian Area as Owl Habitat

  13. 1999 Harvest Unit – Suitable Owl Habitat Post Harvest

  14. 2004 Harvest Unit-Suitable owl Habitat Post harvest

  15. 2005 Proposed WUI Unit Maintain at 60 Percent Canopy - Underburn

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