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Nanaimo Water Day 2016 Outline Life in Your Watershed: •Introduction Nanaimo River •TimberWest •Nanaimo River Watershed •Birds and wildlife in the Nanaimo River Watershed •Healthy ecosystems and communities Water Day 2016 Molly Hudson, RPF March 20. 2016 Introduction Introduction TimberWest Forest Corp. • Western Canada’s largest private land management company – 325,000ha of private land • Also license holders for TFL47 and FLs •Molly Hudson, TimberWest Forest Corp. Resource Specialist • Part of the Environment and Resource Integration (ERI) team •What is a Resource Specialist? Oversee ecological, sensitive ecosystem, fish and wildlife-related operational issues Coordinate long-term/annual monitoring studies Liaise with community partners and stakeholders • ERI also has RPBios, RPFs, PEngs, RFTs, erosion control specialists (CPESC) 3 Introduction Introduction 83,000 ha 20 1 Nanaimo Water Day 2016 Introduction Introduction 86% JUMP Nanaimo River Wildlife Species Forestry and Wildlife Focal species for forest management: Vancouver Island Species at Risk Vancouver Island Marmot • Burrowing rodent species • Lives in subalpine meadows • Species recovery success story • >30 marmots in 2003, now up to approximately 300! • Northern goshawk • Marbled murrelet • Owls: western screech and northern pygmy • Red-legged frogs • Great blue heron Also: • Vancouver Island marmot • Bats • Roosevelt elk • Many more… Vancouver Island Marmot Marmot predators: 2 Nanaimo Water Day 2016 Northern goshawk, laingi subspecies Physical description White eyebrow stripe Dark cap White and grey breast (A) Brown and white breast (J) Blue-grey wings and back Raven-sized Long tail w/bars (A) Darker bars on juvenile tail Adult female Nesting Foraging • Most common tree species Fd and Dr Feather piles and prey remains • Common prey species include red squirrels, grouse, jays, woodpeckers, thrushes • Also Hw, Mb • Often reuse old nests Douglas fir Juvenile • Alternate nests spaced 50-700m apart Bigleaf maple 3 Nanaimo Water Day 2016 Marbled murrelet Marbled murrelet • Description: • Winter: white breast and neck, black wings and back • Summer: brown back, marbled sides and breast • Robin-sized, seabird shaped Rick & Nora Bowers • Nesting: James P. Blair • Large diameter mossy branches • Old growth habitat •Nests are very difficult to find, so we manage habitat instead: Old growth with large diameter trees are active at dawn and dusk Current surveys done with radar at dawn MaMu Kevin Jordan photo Glenn Bartley Owls Purple Martin •Cavity nesters Northern Pygmy Owl, swarthi subspecies • Very small, no ear tufts, spotted head, streaky breast • Diurnal • Cavity nester in many forest types •Often use old pilings •Nesting in First Lake discovered 2014 • 2015 - About 1180 pairs successfully raised ~ 4400 nestlings! Rory Hill photo Frogs Red-legged frog • Red legs (surprise!), mottled sides, golden eyes, brown-grey back • Egg masses found in wetlands, calm areas of streams and ponds, attached to the base of vegetation underwater • Adults can also be found in moist forests Frog habitat • Wetland and riparian area management Northern Pacific tree frog (aka chorus frog) 4 Nanaimo Water Day 2016 • • • • • Other wildlife species Partnerships Columbian black-tailed deer Roosevelt elk Black bears Ospreys And many more! • Forest companies work with government and stewardship organizations Healthy ecosystems and communities Questions? • • • • Research Habitat protection Habitat restoration Communication • Nanaimo River Watershed provides important habitat for many wildlife species • It provides water for both the residents of the City of Nanaimo and local industry • It provides recreation opportunities to residents • It also provides approximately 600 jobs to the area Loggers, road builders, truck drivers Treeplanters Foresters, geotechs, biologists Fibre to local mills And many more… Molly Hudson, RPF [email protected] 5