How would timber harvest and forestry management practices be affected by a critical habitat designation?
A Timber harvest and associated forestry management can be beneficial or detrimental to lynx depending on harvest methods and specifications. Forestry practices can be beneficial for lynx when the resulting understory densities meet the forage and cover needs of snowshoe hare. Although areas that are cut may not be initially used by snowshoe hare and lynx, after regeneration those areas can provide high quality hare habitat and sustain lynx populations. Thinning activities (e.g. mechanized pre-commercial thinning or herbicide treatments) to promote vigorous growth of fewer trees removes the understory cover preferred by snowshoe hares. As a result, thinned stands have lower snowshoe hare densities needed to support lynx populations. Federal land management agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, currently follow the provisions of the Lynx Conservation Assessment and Strategy (LCAS) in determining the effects of their actions on lynx. Because the LCAS
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