This report delineates reasonable objectives, based upon the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of its release, for the conservation and survival of greater sage-grouse. Individual team members contributed by providing technical information and data, participating in critical discussions, providing critical reviews and edits, or authoring sections...
In 1987, U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) began a new proposed 5-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for mid-1987 through mid-1992. Proposed OCS Lease Sale 132 (off Oregon and Washington) was included in this 5-Year Program. Under the agreement, the Oregon Department...
Covers: April 1, 1969 - March 30, 1970. "Objectives of Oregon's oyster mortality study for the past year included monitoring oyster mortality in Yaquina, Tillamook, and Coos bays, obtaining hydrographic data in Yaquina Bay; and furnishing oysters to the University of Washington and the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries (BCF) in...
The purpose of this document (Framework) is to communicate some of the factors the Service is likely to consider in evaluating the efficacy of mitigation practices and programs in reducing threats to sage-grouse. The recommendations provided here are consistent with the information and conservation objectives provided in the 2013 Conservation...
"Objectives of Oregon's Oyster Mortality Study from July 1, 1967-March 31, 1968, were: (1) to monitor oyster mortalities to detect a possible increase in mortality rate, (2) to collect hydrographic data for comparison with data from areas where high oyster mortalities occur, and (3) to furnish oysters from a relatively...
"Objectives of Oregon's Oyster Mortality study for the year ending March 1969 were similar to those of the first 2 years of the program: (1) to monitor oyster mortality in Yaquina, Tillamook and Coos bays, (2) to collect hydrographic data in Yaquina Bay and (3) to furnish oysters to the...
The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of the most intensively studied raptors in the world; however, little is known about the impacts of wildfire on the subspecies and how they use recently burned areas. Three large-scale wildfires in southwest Oregon provided an opportunity to investigate the short-term...