How are current management policies affecting northern goshawks?
Current management policies are affecting northern goshawks in a variety of ways. On National Forest Service administered lands, 20 percent of the high value habitat is being managed with a timber emphasis, 35 percent with mixed uses, and 27 percent with a range emphasis. Each of these management categories allows for activities that either can degrade or improve goshawk habitat. The information in this assessment does not reveal any substantial deficiencies in habitat quality in any management category (tables 22, 23, 24, 25). There are two possible explanations for these results: (1) management activities are having no negative effect on goshawk habitat; (2) management activities are having some negative effects on goshawk habitat, but the effects are not detectable at either scale used in this assessment. No data are available to determine which is the true explanation. Current management policies have the potential to degrade habitat if any one activity is over-applied or misapplie
