Explain the significance of old-growth redwood to the marbled murrelet?
The marbled murrelet is a robin-sized seabird which nests on the limbs of old-growth trees, and is protected both by the U.S. Endangered Species Act and the California Endangered Species Act. The loss of old-growth forests throughout the Pacific Northwest, from central California to the border of Canada, has dramatically reduced the amount of available nesting habitat. An important component of recovering the murrelet in California is the protection of high quality old-growth redwood forests, their preferred habitat in California. The best murrelet nesting habitat consists of groves of uncut old-growth redwood. The uncut groves provide a dense canopy of trees which shelter and hide individual nests. Do federal and state scientists think the Headwaters Preserve and the HCP will be adequate protection and habitat for the marbled murrelet?
The marbled murrelet is a robin-sized seabird which nests on the limbs of old-growth trees, and is protected both by the U.S. Endangered Species Act and the California Endangered Species Act. The loss of old-growth forests throughout the Pacific Northwest, from central California to the border of Canada, has dramatically reduced the amount of available nesting habitat. An important component of recovering the murrelet in California is the protection of high quality old-growth redwood forests, their preferred habitat in California. The best murrelet nesting habitat consists of groves of uncut old-growth redwood. The uncut groves provide a dense canopy of trees which shelter and hide individual nests. Do federal and state scientists think the Headwaters Preserve and the HCP will be adequate protection and habitat for the marbled murrelet? Yes, federal and state scientists believe the Headwaters Preserve and the protection of groves under the HCP will allow for long-term survival of the m
