Southwestern Region

Final Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Amendment of Forest Plans in Arizona and New Mexico

The Forest Service, Southwestern Region, has prepared the "Final Supplement to the Final Environmenal Impact Statement for Amendment of Forest Plans in Arizona and New Mexico" (FSFEIS) to disclose, review, and assess scientific arguments challenging the agency’s conclusions over the northern goshawk’s habitat preferences. The supplement will update the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) which amended the 11 forest plans in the region for northern goshawk, Mexican spotted owl, and old growth standards and guidelines in June 1996.

The supplement to the FEIS was prepared in accordance with an opinion filed November 18, 2003, by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (CV-00-01711-RCB) which held that the FEIS failed to disclose responsible scientific opposition that was addressed in the project record. The original notice of intent for this plan admendment was published in the Federal Register on June 24, 1992 (57 CFR 28171).

This supplement addresses the issue of scientific arguments over the northern goshawk’s habitat preference and updates the "FEIS for Amendment of National Forest Management Plans in the Southwestern Region." The FEIS includes guidelines for management of habitat for the Mexican spotted owl and northern goshawk. The FEIS was noticed for availability in the Federal Register on November 3, 1995 (60 FR 55841). The Record of Decision was signed June 5, 1996. The Final EIS and the Record of Decision can be found at: http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/projects/ro/1996amendments/index.shtml.

The draft supplement to the FEIS is available for review at http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/projects/ro/feis-supplement/draft-supp.shtml.

The documents listed below are in PDF format.  ADOBE's Acrobat Reader is required to read PDF (portable document format) files. If you need this free browser plug-in, access Adobe Acrobat's web site. Printed copies are available for review at USDA Forest Service, Southwestern Regional Office, 333 S. Broadway SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102.

List of Documents

Record of Decision (210kb)

Final Supplement

• Complete Document (11mb)
• Broken into sections:
  • Cover to Literature Cited (504kb)
  • Comments - Part 1 (1.6mb)
  • Comments - Part 2 (5mb)
  • Comments - Part 3 (2.6mb)
  • Comments - Part 4 (1.2mb)
  • Appendices (41kb)

List of Appendices

• A−Process Record Index, 192kb
• B−Forest Plan Amendments, 2.8mb
• C−Forest Plan Correction Notices, 185kb
• D−Standard Vegetation Treatment Table, 82kb
• E−Alternate Comparison--Standards/Guidelines, 1.6mb
• F−Copies of DEIS Comment Letters, 4.5mb
• G−Regional Habitat Differences, 281kb
• H−Review of Supplemental Information Relevant to Habitat .Management for the Northern Goshawk in Southwestern United States (1.6mb)
• I−Is the Northern Goshawk an Old Growth Forest Specialist or a Habitat Generalist? (2.3mb)
  
• J−Northern Goshawk and Forest Management in the Southwestern United States the Wildlife Society and American Ornithologists’ Union (2mb)
  
• K−Notice of 12-Month Finding an a Petition to List the Northern Goshawk in the Contiguous United States West of the 100th Meridian, Federal Register, USDI Fish And Wildlife Service, 50 CFR Part 17, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife And Plants; (260kb)
  
• L−Characteristics of Goshawk Nesting Stands (867kb)
  
• M−Goshawk Reproduction and Forest Management (652kb)
  
• N−Canopy Density Analysis at Goshawk Nesting Territories on the North Kaibab Ranger District, Kaibab National Forest (869kb)
  
• O−USDI Fish & Wildlife Service letter to USDA, Forest Service, dated 8/13/92 (820kb)
  
• P−Review of U.S. Forest Service Strategy For Managing Nortern Goshawk Habitat in the Southwestern United States (5mb)
  
• Q−NM Game & Fish letter to USDA Forest Service, dated 11/28/95 (100kb)
• R−Home Ranges and Habitats of Northern Goshawks in Eastern California, Studies in Avian Biology No. 1666-74, 1994. (688kb)
  
• S−Habitat Use by Breeding Male Northern Goshawks in Northern Arizona, Studies in Avian Biology No. 1658-65, 1994. (629kb)
  
• T−Habitat Use and Home Range Size of Breeding Northern Goshawks in the Southern Cascades. An Abstract of the Thesis of Karen K. Austin for the Degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Science Presented on June 18, 1993 (2.10mb)
  
• U−Selection of Foraging Habitat by Northern Goshawks on the Coconino National Forest (459kb)
  
• V−Northern Goshawk Ecology and Habitat Relationships on the Tongass National Forest (5.7mb)
  
• W−Conservation of the Queen Charlotte Goshawk in Southeast Alaska (2.9mb)
  
• X−Northern Goshawk Reproduction Relative to Selection Harvest in Arizona (62kb)
  
• Y−Final Report Apache Goshawk Conservation Biology in Southeast Arizona (1.7mb)
  
• Z−Territory Occupancy and Habitat Patch Size of Northern Goshawks in the Southern Cascades of California (430kb)
  
• AA−Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Proposal to Amend Ten National Forest Land Management Plans (3.7mb)
  
• AB−Fischer, D.L. 1986. Daily Activity Patterns and Habitat Use of Coexisting Accipiter Hawks in Utah. Manuscripts of Journal Articles, Department of Zoology, Brigham Young University. (1mb)
  
• AC−Patla, S.M. 1997. Nesting Ecology and Habitat of the Northern Goshawk in Undisturbed and Timber Harvest Areas on the Targhee National Forest, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Masters Thesis, Idaho State University., 164 pp. (7.9mb)
  
• AD−Widen, P. 1997. How, and why, is the Goshawk (Accipier Gentaili) Affected by Modern Forest Management in Fennoscandia? Journal of Raptor Research 31 (2):107-I 13 (4.4mb)
  
• AE−Good, R. 1998. Factors Affecting the Relative Use of Northern Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis) Kill Areas in South Central Wyoming. MS Thesis., University of Wyoming., 153pp. (6.2mb)
  
• AF−Reynolds, R. T., and S. M. Joy. 1998. Distribution, Territory Occupancy, Dispersal, and Demography of Northern Goshawks on the Kaibab Plateau, Arizona. Final Report, Arizona GF Heritage Project, No 194045, 76pp. (4.4mb)
  
• AG−Lapinski, N.W. 2000. Habitat Use and Productivity of the Northern Goshawk in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. MS Thesis, N. Michigan Univ. 68 pp. (4.1mb)
  
• AH−Boa1 C. W. D.E. Anderson, and P.L. Kennedy. 2001. Home Range and Habitat Use of Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) in Minnesota. Final Rpt., Minnesota Coop. Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. (2mb)
  
• AI−Stephens, R.M. 2001. Migration, Habitat use, and Diet of Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) that winter in the Uinta Mountains, Utah. Masters Thesis, University of Wyoming, 63 pp. (2.8mb)
  
• AJ−Bloxton Jr., T.D. 2002. Prey abundance, Space use, Demography, and Foraging Habitat of Northern Goshawks in Western Washington, Masters Thesis, University of Washington, 70pp. (2.5mb)
  
• AK−Finn, S.P, J.M. Marzluff and D.E. Varland. 2002. Effects of Landscape and Local Habitat Attributes on Northern Goshawk Site Occupancy in Western Washington, for. Sci. 48(2) 427-436. (1.1mb)
  
• AL−Joy, S.M. 2002. Northern Goshawk Habitat on the Kaibab , National Forest Arizona: Factors Affecting Nest Locations and Territory Quality, Ph.d. Dissertation, University of Colorado, 223pp. (9.8mb)
  
• AM−Summary of U.S. Forest Service Southwestern Region National Forest Northern Goshawk Surveys and Monitoring. (27.9mb)
  
• AN−Greenwald, D. N., D.C. Crocker-Bedford, L. Broberg, K. E , Suckling, T. Tibbitts A Review of Northern Goshawk Habitat Selection in the Home Range and Implications for Forest Management in the Western United States, Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2005, 33(1):120-129. (1.1mb)
  
• AO−Kenward, R. and P. Widen. 1989. Do goshawks Accipiter gentalis need forests? Some conservation lessens from radio tracking. Pages pp. 561-567 In B.4. Meyburd and R.D. Chancellor, Eds. Raptors in the Modern World. London: World working group on birds of prey and owls. (507kb)
  
• AP−Younk, J. V. and M. J. Bechard, 1994. Breeding ecology of the northern goshawk in high-elevation aspen forests of northern Nevada. Studies in Avian Biology 16:119-121. (290kb)
  
• AQ−Kenward, R.E. 1982, Goshawk hunting behavior, range size as a function of food and habitat availability. Journal of Animal Ecology 51 :69-80. (762kb)
  
• AR−La Sorte, E A., R. W. Mannan, R. T. Reynolds, and T. G Grubb. 2004. Habitat associations of sympatric red-tailed hawks and northern goshawks on the Kaibab Plateau. Journal of Wildlife Management 68: 307-31 7. (1.1mb)
  
• AS−Drennan, J.E. and P. Beier. 2003. Forest structure and prey abundance in winter habitat of northern goshawks. Journal of wildlife Management 67(1): 177-1 85. (851kb)
  
• AT−White, Alan S. 1985. Presettlement regeneration patterns in a southwestern ponderosa pine stand. Ecology 66(2): 589-594 (549kb)
  
• AU−Beier, P. and J. E. Drennan. 1997. Forest structure and prey abundance in foraging areas of northern goshawks. Ecological Applications 7(2):564-571 (835kb)
  
• AV−Mannan, R. W. and D. J. Smith. 1993. Habitat use by breeding northern goshawks in northern Arizona. Final Report, USDA Forest Service Cooperative Agreement No. 28-C1-558 38 pp. + appendices. (1.2mb)
  
• AW−Ingraldi, M.E 2001, Demography and habitat characteristics of Northern Goshawks on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest 1993-2000. Arizona Game and Fish Department, Federal Aid Final Report, Phoenix (2.1mb)
  
• AX−Anderson, et al. 2004 The status of northern goshawks in the Western United States. The Wildlife Society Technical Review 04-1. The Wildlife Society, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 24pp. (2.8mb)
  
• AY−Crocker-Bedford, D. C. 2003. Habitat Effects on Northern Goshawks. Unpublished. (529kb)
  
• AZ−Long, J. N. and F. W. Smith. 2000. Restructuring the Forest, Goshawks and the Restoration of Southwestern Ponderosa Pine. Journal of Forestry, August 2000. (1mb)
  
• AAA−Reynolds, R. T., R. T. Graham, M. H. Reiser, R. L. Bassett, P., L. Kennedy, D. A. Boyce, Jr., G Goodwin, R. Smith, and E. L. Fisher. 1992. Management recommendations for the northern goshawk in the southwestern United States. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-217:90 pp. (8.9mb)
  
• AAB−Reynolds, R.T., and S.M. Joy. 2006. Demography of northern goshawks in northern Arizona. 1991-1996. Studies in Avian Biology. In press. (1.5mb)
  
• AAC−Reynolds, R.T., et al. 2003. Population ecology, demographics, habitat and genetics of the northern goshawk on the Kaibab plateau, Arizona. Rocky Mountain Research Station Progress Report. (976kb)
  
• AAD−Reynolds, R.T., J.D. Wiens, S.M. Joy, and S.R. Salafsky. 2005. Sampling Considerations for demographic and habitat studies of northern goshawks. J. Raptor Res. 39(3):263-274. (952kb)
  
• AAE−Reynolds, R.T., R.T. Graham, and D.A. Boyce. 2006a. An Ecosystem-Based Conservation Strategy for the Northern Goshawk. Studies in Avian Biology. In press. (2.3mb)
  
• AAF−Reynolds, R.T., J.D. Wiens and S.R. Salafsky. 2006b. A Review and Evaluation of Factors Limiting Northern Goshawk Populations. Studies in Avian Biology. In press. (2.4mb)
  
• AAG−Reynolds R.T., R.T. Graham, and D.A. Boyce. In review. Habitat Conservation of the Northern Goshawk in the Southwest United States: Response to Greenwald et al. Wildlife Society Bulletin. (1.1mb)
  
• AAH−Salafsky, Susan R. and R.T. Reynolds. 2005. Patterns of Temporal Variation in Goshawk Reproduction and Prey Resources. Journal of Raptor Res. 39(3):237-246. (826mb)
  
• AAI−Titus, K., C. Flatten, and R. Lowell. 1996. Goshawk ecology and habitat relationships on the Tongass National Forest: selected analysis and 1995 field season progress report. Alaska Department of Fish and Game. (3.5mb)
  
• AAJ−Wiens, J. David, B.R. Noon and R.T. Reynolds. 2006. Post-fledgling Survival of northern Goshawks: The Effects of Prey Abundance, Weather, and Dispersal. Ecological Applications. In press. (1.2mb)

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