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Case Profile: 

Northern Spotted Owl Policy Working Group – Washington State Forest Practices Board

Challenge
Facilitate collaborative development of recommendations for voluntary, incentive-based measures and proposed rules to support conservation of a viable population of the Northern Spotted Owl through strategic contributions from non-federal lands in Washington. 


Parties
Thirteen policy level members: four from the forest products industry, four from conservation organizations, three from State agencies, one from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and one from the Association of Counties.   

Outcome
Facilitated/mediated parties with a history of conflict and litigation collectively to develop and jointly recommend initiatives to preserve spotted owl habitat on non-public lands. Provided for additional non-consensus recommendations from individual caucuses.    

Completion: 2009

Issue Areas Covered
  • Coastal Zone Issues
  • Environmental Enforcement and Permitting
  • Environmental Resource Management
  • NEPA
  • Timber Harvesting
  • Adaptive Management
  • Ecosystem Management
  • Endangered Species
  • Forestry
  • Wildlife
  • Resource Protection and Co-management

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