Focus Species Forestry - Maine Audubon

Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..................................................................................................................iii
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................... 1
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF FOCUS SPECIES...................................................................................... 3
3. STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO FOCUS SPECIES MANAGEMENT......................................................... 7
4. IDENTIFYING AND CLASSIFYING FOCUS SPECIES HABITATS.................................................. 12
5. HABITAT MANAGEMENT GUIDES ............................................................................................ 17
Aspen-birch………........... 18 Spruce-fir…………................. 26
Northern hardwoods.......... 20 Northern white cedar……....... 28
Oak-pine……………….... 22 Riparian and wetland forests... 30
Eastern hemlock……........ 24 Vernal pools………………… 32
6. FOCUS SPECIES PROFILES AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ................................... 35
Snowshoe hare…………….. 37 Magnolia warbler……………….. 49
Beaver…………………....... 38 Black-throated blue warbler……. 50
American marten………...... 39 Pine warbler…………………….. 51
Fisher……………………… 40 Northern waterthrush………….... 52
White-tailed deer……...…... 41 Eastern towhee………………….. 53
Northern goshawk……….... 42 Northern redback salamander…... 54
Ruffed grouse……………... 43 Northern dusky salamander…….. 55
Barred Owl………………... 44 Spotted salamander...………….... 56
Black-backed woodpecker… 45 Wood frog……………………..... 57
Pileated woodpecker………. 46 Wood turtle……….…………….. 58
Wood thrush……………..... 47 Brook trout…………………….... 59
Chestnut-sided warbler……. 48 Late-successional forest species... 60
7. STAND-LEVEL MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 63
8. PROPERTY-WIDE AND LANDSCAPE-SCALE FORESTRY........................................................... 65
9. LITERATURE CITED.................................................................................................................. 70
APPENDIX 1. RECOMMENDED RESOURCES................................................................................. 74
APPENDIX 2. LIST OF FOCUS SPECIES HABITATS AND ASSOCIATED NATURAL COMMUNITIES76
APPENDIX 3. OVERVIEW OF SILVICULTURAL SYSTEMS............................................................. 77
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