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  • 4   Role of Women
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  • 14   Environment
  • 15   Retrospective

Week Fourteen:  The Environment (Guest Lecturer, Dr. Dan Flores)

Northern Spotted Owl; Dam Removal Movement in the Northwest
This week, we present you with resources to learn more about the northern spotted owl, strix occidentalis caurina– the historic and current range, conservation strategy and habitat status. The second section features information regarding dams removed and being considered for removal in the northwest.

Northern Spotted Owl

Spotted Owls US Fish & Wildlife Service		Northern Spotted Owl Range US Forest Service
Population Findings Northwest Forest Plan		Owl Movement: Origin and resighting data, juvenile and non-juvenile Northwest Forest Plan

Review the maps linked here, and consider a deep mapping activity to illustrate different aspects of the northern spotted owl habitat.

Online Resources
Range of the Northern Spotted Owl in the western United States.
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nr/fid/pubsweb/litsurvey/sect1-4.htm

Washington Nature Mapping Program
http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/maps/wa/birds/WA_spotted_owl.html
Breeding Range Map

BirdWeb, learn about the birds of Washington State. Seattle Audubon Society.
http://www.birdweb.org/birdweb/bird_details.aspx?id=248

USFWS, Northern Spotted Owl
http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/birds/NSO/ns_owl.html

Northwest Forest Plan - Interagency Regional Monitoring Program. Map Graphics
http://www.reo.gov/monitoring/reports/10yr-report/map-graphics/index.shtml

Northwest Dam Removal

Historic image of Bonner Dam Missoula County	After Bonner Dam removal Missoula County	Dams considered for removal - Washington

Milltown Dam Breach

Online Resources
Clearinghouse for Dam Removal
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/damremoval/news.html

Elwha dam removal gets final go-ahead, By Jim Downing, Seattle Times, August 6, 2004
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001998230_elwha06m.html

Redfish Bluefish
http://www.bluefish.org/

Removing the Dam At Milltown, Montana, Montana River Action
www.montanariveraction.org/milltown.dam.html

At toxic Montana dam, a river now runs through it, Environmental News Network, Reuters, March 28, 2008
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/33773

American Rivers, Northwest section
http://blog.americanrivers.org/wordpress/index.php/category/regions/pacific-northwest/

Clark Fork Coalition
http://www.clarkfork.org/Water-Watch/Milltown-Dam-Cam.html