A federal district court today maintained conservation protections for rare marbled murrelets, a unique call home, despite undisputed scientific evidence that murrelets are continuing to disappear from the Murrelets don’t build nests, instead laying their single egg on natural, moss-covered platforms where The district court rejected logging industry claims that murrelets in central California could not be “The court’s decision keeps the murrelet protected down here in the redwood temperate rainforest.”

the structural components of the forest stand are also suitable for the extremely imperiled Marbled Murrelet of the “Nacho Libre” Timber Harvest Plan comes on the heels of another recent victory for owls and murrelets EPIC charged that the proposed plan would cause illegal “take” of Northern Spotted Owls and Marbled Murrelets

the structural components of the forest stand are also suitable for the extremely imperiled Marbled Murrelet regulations, the proposed plan would have resulted in illegal “take” of Northern Spotted Owls and Marbled Murrelets The withdrawal of the “Nacho Libre” THP comes on the heels of another recent victory for owls and murrelets

It also turns out that the unit may provide suitable Marbled Murrelet habitat in addition to providing

An example of adverse cumulative effects on wildlife would be the case of the Marbled Murrelets which size and over long periods of time may not significantly threaten the overall populations of Marbled Murrelets

Wildlife may allow increased logging in critical habitat, which could also imperil the threatened marbled murrelet

ecosystem benefits and are essential to threatened species such as the Northern Spotted Owl, the Marbled Murrelet

least some of the majestic trees, and highway work would also harm endangered species like the marbled murrelet The park also provides essential habitat for threatened and endangered species such as the marbled murrelet

species like the Humboldt Marten, the Pacific Fisher, the Klamath Spring Chinook Salmon, and the Marbled Murrelet

Marbled Murrelets are small sea birds that nest in complex old growth forests along the pacific coast If surveys do not detect Marbled Murrelets, the landowner will be allowed to log in the “Late Successional The DFG fears logging will  compromise the utility of the stand for Marbled Murrelets and other “late Protection of remaining Marbled Murrelet habitat is considered essential for the long-term survival of EPIC will continue to advocate for protection, restoration, and recovery of Marbled Murrelets and their

special creatures like the Northern Spotted Owl, the Klamath Spring-run Chinook Salmon, the Marbled Murrelet

Many threatened and endangered species such as Northern Spotted Owls, Marbled Murrelets and Coho salmon