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FINAL REPORT (Appendices) Multi-species Habitat Supply in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area, British Columbia: Appendices R.S. MCNAY1, V. BRUMOVSKY1, M. FENGER2, J. VOLLER1, R. SULYMA1, 1 1 R.K. MCCANN , AND M. SNIVELY APRIL 15, 2011 1Wildlife Infometrics Inc., PO Box 308, Mackenzie, BC, V0J 2C0, [email protected] 2Mike Fenger and Assoc., 511 Foul Bay Road, Victoria, BC, V8S 4G9, [email protected] Prepared for the Quesnel Mitigation Committee., under agreement for FIRS project numbers: 8162001 CITATION: McNay, R.S., V. Brumovsky, M. Fenger, J. Voller, R. Sulyma, R.K. McCann, and M. Snively. 2011. Multi-species habitat supply in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area, British Columbia: Appendices. Wildlife Infometrics Inc. Report No. 372b. Wildlife Infometrics Inc., Mackenzie, British Columbia, Canada. WII Report372b_Multi-species habitat supply in the Quesnel TSA APPENDICES DRAFT_110418.doc MCNAY ET AL. WILDLIFE INFOMETRICS INC. ABSTRACT Appendix material is provided in support of a project that addressed habitat supply modeling for multiple, terrestrial wildlife species in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area (TSA) in British Columbia. Multi-species habitat supply – Quesnel TSA: Appendices i MCNAY ET AL. WILDLIFE INFOMETRICS INC. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We acknowledge the support, insight, and continued encouragement to pursue new applications for habitat supply modeling provided by Glenn Sutherland. In particular, some of the introductory material and other sections of this report were collaborations with Glenn and were rewritten with his permission. In addition, Ann-Chan McLeod (Univ. of BC) contributed a thoughtful perspective and her advice on the selection of species to be modeled; she also contributed to some of the writing in Appendix A on species selection. We would like to thank Julie Steciw, Michelle Arcand, and Rick Dawson for their review comments and improvements made to the species selection and for their improvements to the modeling project rational as a result. Gordon Nienaber (Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch in Victoria) went out of his way during a busy schedule to provide answers to our many questions regarding the Timber Supply data. Thanks to Gordon for being there when we needed him. Our pursuit of stand structure data was facilitated by Ian Moss (Tesera Systems Inc.). We’d also like to thank Jonathan Armstrong (Forest Ecosystems Solutions) for his help in providing clarity about many aspects of the Quesnel data set. A huge thank-you and enormous respect go to Phil Winkle for his masterful management of the project logistics and funding. A well managed project is fun to be engaged in and this was fun. Finally, we thank the entire QMC for their support of this work: Shawn Meisner (Tolko), Michelle Arcand (BC Min. of Environ.), Michael Pelchat (BC Min. For. and Range), Earl Speilman (West Fraser), Jon Erickson (Canadian Forest Products), Julie Steciw (BC Min. of Environ.), Bev Frittenburg (Integrated Land Management Bureau), and John Stace-Smithand. Funding came from our three clients in the forest industry; C & C Wood Products Ltd., Canadian Forest Products Ltd., and Pioneer Family Timber Partnership Ltd. Multi-species habitat supply – Quesnel TSA: Appendices ii MCNAY ET AL. WILDLIFE INFOMETRICS INC. TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................................................................... I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...............................................................................................................................II LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................................................XV LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................................XV APPENDIX A: SPECIES LIST FOR THE QUESNEL MULTI-SPECIES HABITAT SUPPLY MODELLING PROJECT ........................................................................................................1 Introduction......................................................................................................................................................1 Species Selection Criteria and Intent ............................................................................................................1 Criteria 1) Forest-dependent species vulnerable to cumulative effects of extensive natural disturbances, forest harvest and salvage..................................................................................................2 Criteria 2) Seral Stage Specialist Species ..................................................................................................2 Criteria 3) Provincial Conservation Framework Priority Species........................................................2 Criteria 4) Species from Land Use Plans, First Nations and FIA Rational .......................................2 Review of reports identifying species ...........................................................................................................3 Bunnell report on species affected by mountain pine beetle and salvage..........................................3 Conservation Framework ...............................................................................................................................5 Global, National and Identified Wildlife Management Strategy Species ................................................7 Global Ranking............................................................................................................................................7 National (COSEWIC) ................................................................................................................................8 Identified Wildlife Management Strategy................................................................................................8 McNay and Sutherland 2009.....................................................................................................................9 Silviculture Strategies................................................................................................................................10 Central Interior Eco-Regional Assessment...........................................................................................10 Regionally and Culturally Identified Wildlife Species ..............................................................................12 Cariboo Chilcotin Land Use Plan...........................................................................................................12 Forest Investment Account Rational.....................................................................................................12 Species recommended for modeling...........................................................................................................13 Primary Cavity Excavators ......................................................................................................................14 Secondary Cavity Users............................................................................................................................14 Open Tree Nesters....................................................................................................................................14 Aquatic Obligates......................................................................................................................................14 Furbearers...................................................................................................................................................14 Small Mammals and Amphibians ...........................................................................................................15 Grizzly Bear ...............................................................................................................................................15 Ungulates....................................................................................................................................................15 LITERATURE CITED ...............................................................................................................................16 APPENDIX B. SPECIES ACCOUNTS......................................................................................................19 Three-toed Woodpecker...............................................................................................................................20 Multi-species habitat supply – Quesnel TSA: Appendices iii MCNAY ET AL. WILDLIFE INFOMETRICS INC. Published species accounts......................................................................................................................20 Distribution................................................................................................................................................20 Provincial range:....................................................................................................................................20 Elevation range: ....................................................................................................................................20 Provincial context:................................................................................................................................20 General ecology and life history .............................................................................................................21