Conservation Strategy for the Northern Spotted Owl. Report of the Interagency Scientific Committee to Address the Conservation of the Northern Spotted Owl.

摘要

An Interagency Agreement between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the Forest Service (FS), and the National Park Service (NPS) provided the authority under which a committee of scientists (here- after, the Committee) was established to re-evaluate the current management status of the northern spotted owl. The charter commissioning the Committee was signed by the four agency heads on 5 October 1989 (appendix A). This charter, recognized in law in October 1989, specifically directed the Committee to develop a scientifically credible conservation strategy for the owl in the United States. It did not charge us with analyzing the effects of the developed strategy on timber supply, other natural resources, or the costs and benefits to other user groups. This task falls to others.