BLM and USDA Forest Service to Prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Northern Spotted Owl

Summary

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and USDA Forest Service will prepare a supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) to address a court order related to the removal of mitigation measure standards and guidelines for the Northern Spotted Owl. The court found the 2004 SEIS deficient due to inadequate analysis of potential impacts on the species and flaws in methodology for calculating the acreage in need of hazardous fuel treatments.