USFWS-SPM-CSO-04
Avoid Reducing Nesting and Roosting Habitat Quality
Project activities will not result in net loss of habitat or downgrade or remove the function of suitable nesting or roosting habitat to the degree that the habitat does not function in the capacity that existed prior to treatment. Although habitat elements such as individual large trees or snags may be removed from nesting or roosting habitat, the treatment must not be so extensive as to downgrade or remove the overall function of the habitat.