Modeling region spotted owl habitat association analysis

F11PX05304 This is a notice of intent to go Sol Source in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 for the following items: Modeling region spotted owl habitat association analysis Vendor: Professor Jeffrey DunkDept. of Environmental Science and ManagementHumboldt State UniversityArcata, CA 95521 Dan Hansen and Jeffrey Dunk will conduct a review of Recovery Plan modeling results, published literature, data sets, and input from spotted owl experts and develop a report for FWS that summarizes extent of spatial patterns of habitat use, silvicultural prescriptions of nesting, roosting and foraging habitat, abiotic influences, and prey webs of spotted owls in the Klamath Province. This will include the direct and predicted effects to NSO nesting, roosting and foraging habitat and prey. It will establish a template for use in other provinces, greatly inform Section 7, and help serve as the scientific foundation for BLM Pilot projects, as available, and future active management in the Klamath Province. Dan Hansen and Jeff Dunk will work collaboratively on this project. Professor Dunk and Dan Hansen both worked extensively on the spotted owl Recovery Plan modeling effort and are intimately familiar with not only the inner workings of the modeling framework, but also the range wide data from spotted owl habitat experts and the published literature on spotted owl habitat as it varies by modeling region. Both individuals have worked with or on products for the Klamath Provinces Work Group, an inter-organizational team focusing on spotted owls and forestry management issues in the Klamath Provinces. This prior experience both individuals bring to this project make them uniquely qualified to conduct this work in the most efficient manner possible. It would take substantial duplication of time and money for other researchers to offer a similar research result meeting these requirements, and these costs are not expected to be recovered through competition.