USFWS-SPM-NSO-04

Avoid Reducing Habitat Quality

Project activities will not result in net loss of habitat or downgrade or remove the function of suitable NRF habitat to the degree that the habitat does not function in the capacity that existed prior to treatment:

a. Although habitat elements such as individual large trees or snags may be removed from NRF habitat, the treatment must not be so extensive as to downgrade or remove the overall function of the habitat.