Marbled Murrelet Monitoring

The marbled murrelet is a small robin sized diving seabird that feeds primarily on fish and invertebrates in near shore marine waters.

Marbled murrelet monitoring.

We have provided research and expertise to the northwest forest plan since 1992 to inform resource management decisions. We have focused our research on inland and offshore monitoring methods and habitat relationships. Mapping baseline nesting habitat at the start of the nwfp and estimating changes in that. At sea marbled murrelet population monitoring since 2000 wdfw has joined usda forest service pacific northwest research station u s.

Dnr has operated under an interim murrelet conservation strategy since the approval of its hcp by the us fish and wildlife service usfws in 1997. The marbled murrelet a small seabird that nests in large conifer trees is a federally threatened species covered by the washington state department of natural resources dnr s trust lands habitat conservation plan hcp. March 1999 end date. 2003 methods for surveying marbled murrelets pdf 3 mb.

The marbled murrelet is a small fast flying seabird that only comes on land to lay eggs and rear its young spending the rest of its life at sea. Marbled murrelet inland monitoring subject area. Another objective of the effectiveness monitoring plan for the marbled murrelet includes. Habitat conservation plan hcp monitoring date initiated.

A wdfw biologist examines a marbled murrelet for a diet research project teresa lorenz u s. We are actively involved in the nwfp s marbled murrelet monitoring team assessing the species status and habitat requirements. Ing marbled murrelet populations has not yet been achieved throughout the nwfp area. Fish and wildlife service and other state federal and private researchers to participate in a program to estimate marbled murrelet population size.

Implementation plan for marbled murrelet february 2018 iv executive summary the marbled murrelet is a small seabird that spends most of its time at sea usually within 0 5 km of shore. It spends the majority of its time on the ocean roosting and feeding but comes inland up to 70 miles 113 kilometers to nest in forest stands with old growth forest characteristics. Ods used to assess the status and trend of the marbled murrelet in the portion of its range covered by the plan. 1999 developed an approach for marbled murrelet effectiveness monitoring under the plan that recommended assessing population trends at sea under a unified sampling design and standardized survey methods.

Sal chinnici forest science manager hrc mark freitas wildlife biologist hrc. Humboldt redwood company marbled murrelet inland monitoring annual report 2014 page i project summary project title. Murrelets lay one egg per year only setting them atop large moss covered branches high in the forest canopy within 55 miles of saltwater.