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Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results

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Plan Title	Plan Stage	Plan Lead Region (FWS)	Plan Lead Office (FWS)	Species Common Name	Species Scientific Name	Action Priority	Action Number	Action Description	Action Status	Estimated Initiation Date	Estimated Completion Date	Action Lead Agencies	Responsible Parties	Work Types	Labor Types	Comments
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	1	Establish FWS spotted owl implementation structure	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Management: Planning	Internal Administrative	spotted owl implementation structure was established through the nortehrn spotted owl implementation team, chaired by Paul Henson
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	10	Conserve spotted owl sites and high value habitat for demographic support	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service	Management	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	28	Expedite permitting of experimental removals	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, State Governments	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The ROD for barred owl removal was signed in September 2013 and the permit was issued shortly thereafter.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	29	Conduct experimental removal studies	Complete	FY 2013	FY 2019	Other	Barred Owl Work Group	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Removal experiment was completed in 2021. Other, smaller experimental removals are ongoing in northern California.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	30	Manage negative effects of barred owls	Ongoing Current	FY 2019		Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, State Governments, Barred Owl Work Group, Landowners	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	32	Maintain high-quality habitat across all landscapes	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, State Governments	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	4	Utilize habitat modeling framework for Recovery measures	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, State Governments	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The modeling framework was used to develop the final revised critical habitat rule.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	6	West side: Manage to accelerate structural complexity	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	7	Create Dry Cascades Work Group (DCWG)	Ongoing Not Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	There used to be a Dry Forest Working Group led by Sue Livingston, but they haven't met since about 2012
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	1	9	Create Klamath Province Work Group (KPWG)	Ongoing Not Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	There was a Klamath Province working group led by Brian Woodbridge when he was in the Yreka FO
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	12	Post-fire management in lands managed for spotted owl habitat development	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Ongoing work through our Level 1 teams at the local level
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	16	Long-term maintenance of forest management infrastructure	Ongoing Current			Other	County governments, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, State Governments	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Being done regionally through Forest Plan revisions and localy through Level 1 work.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	18	WA State Forest Practives Board evaluation of strategic non-federal spotted owl contributions	Complete			Other	Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington Forest Practices Board, Washington Department of Natural Resources	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	WA state convened an NSO Implementation Team, which periodically provides updates to the WA Forest Practices Board. These are recorded in meeting minutes posted on the Forest Practices Board website. Joe Buchanan is the WDFW representative on that group. WDFW (Joe Buchanan) contracted a modelling effort to evaluate habitat capability on non-federal lands to support spotted owl conservation in WA. This modelling effort was completed in late 2021. So RA-18 - the habitat modeling effort is complete. Information provided by Vince Harke of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Office.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	19	Cooperate with ODF on scientific evaluation of potential role of State and private lands, and the effectiveness of Oregon Forest Practices rules	Ongoing Current			Other	Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Oregon FWO staff are currently working with ODF on an HCP associated with the Private Forest Accord.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	20	Work with CAL FIRE on recovery role on non-federal lands and evaluation/implementation of conservation tools	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The Northern Spotted Owl Working Group (NSOIWG) has been meeting for several years and has been making efforts to revise the CA Forest Practice rules to maintain or improve NSO conservation relative to the status quo. CALFIRE is an active participant in the NSOIWG. Several other efforts are also underway, including direct interaction with CALFIRE and CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. Some of these efforts are focusing on recognizing private landowners that improve NSO habitat and perhaps developing a Safe Harbor Agreement to provide incentives for such improvements. Report from Robert L. Carey at the Yreka FO
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	21	FWS work with CAL FIRE to provide Forest Practice Rules for spotted owls	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	The Northern Spotted Owl Working Group (NSOIWG) has been meeting for several years and has been making efforts to revise the CA Forest Practice rules to maintain or improve NSO conservation relative to the status quo. CALFIRE is an active participant in the NSOIWG. Several other efforts are also underway, including direct interaction with CALFIRE and CA Board of Forestry and Fire Protection. Some of these efforts are focusing on recognizing private landowners that improve NSO habitat and perhaps developing a Safe Harbor Agreement to provide incentives for such improvements. Report from Robert L. Carey at the Yreka FO
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	22	If necessary, work with State of California on options to allow lethal control of barred owls	Ongoing Current			Other	State of California, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	CDFW and CalFIRE are cooperating agencies for the Barred Owl Management Strategy NEPA process. Barred owl management will likely require state permits for lethal control to manage barred owls, so these discussions are underway.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	23	Analyze existing data sets for effects of barred owls	Complete			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Barred Owl Work Group	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	This research was conducted by scientists at USGS, USFS, USFWS, and Oregon State University. Data were analyzed for the Northwest Forest Plan 15-, 20-, and 25-year NSO demography reports, which were published as Forsman et al. 2011, Dugger et al. 2016, and Franklin et al. 2021. Northwest Forest Plan Effectiveness Monitoring is now moving to a new phase, in which these existing datasets will no longer be updated. Therefore we do not expect further analysis of these datasets.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	24	Establish protocols to detect barred owls	Complete			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Barred Owl Work Group	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	A barred owl detection protocol was developed and used for the barred owl removal experiment.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	26	Analyze resource partitioning	Ongoing Not Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Barred Owl Work Group, U.S. Geological Survey	Work type not yet selected	Species Expert	Research on resource partioning has been conducted by Dr. Peter Singleton and Dr. David Wiens. Results have been or will be published in peer-reviewed journals.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	27	Implement public outreach strategy to educate the public about the threat of barred owls to spotted owls.	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Barred Owl Work Group	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	A public outreach effort was completed for the barred owl removal experiment. Ongoing public outreach is associated with the barred owl management strategy in development.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	31	Develop mechanisms to support barred owl management	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, State Governments, Barred Owl Work Group, Landowners	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	2	5	FWS to consider and incorporate climate change impacts on spotted owls into planning	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Forest Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Climate change impacts were addressed in the final revised critical habitat rule (2012).
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	11	Design and conduct experiments concerning habitat, prey and spotted owl fitness and thinning	Ongoing Current			Other	Oregon Department of Forestry, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, U.S. Forest Service, Landowners, Washington Department of Natural Resources	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	the Fremont-Winema initiated an NSO prey study with PNW in a timber sale area (harvest and prescribed burning proposed). They will conduct the last portion of the study in 2019.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	13	Standardize habitat definitions	Complete		FY 2013	Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Spotted Owl Implementation Team	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Completed through the 2012 CH process
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	14	Encourage development of HCPs and SHAs that are consistent with spotted owl recovery	Ongoing Current			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	15	Solicit recommendations for non-federal landowner incentives	Not Started			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	17	Monitor and address diseases	Ongoing Current			Other	Northern Spotted Owl Implementation Team	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	2	Monitor population trend	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Northern Spotted Owl Implementation Team	Research: Population Assessment	Species Expert, Internal Field Assistance
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	25	Ensure protocols adequately detect spotted owls	Ongoing Current			Other	U.S. Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, State Governments, Barred Owl Work Group, Landowners	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Spotted owl callback survey protocols were revised in 2010, 2011, and 2012 to account for decreased detection probabilities when barred owls are present. USGS researchers have analyzed detection probabilities using the 2012 callback protocol, and publication of their work is expected in fall of 2022. Additionally, acoustic recording unit (ARU) survey protocols are being developed and analyzed for the likelihood of detection.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	3	Monitor occupancy through surveys or modeling	Ongoing Current			Other	Northern Spotted Owl Implementation Team	Research: Population Assessment, Research: Population Surveys	Species Expert, Internal Field Assistance	Spotted owl occupancy and demographic rates are monitored on approximately 11 long-term study areas.
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	33	Develop delisting monitoring plan	Not Started			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Revised Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl	RF(1)	1	Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (503) 231-6179	Northern spotted owl	Strix occidentalis caurina	3	8	Fire and occupancy data analysis	Not Started			Other	Dry Cascades Working Group	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected