OAR 629-680-0210: Criteria to Identify Sensitive Bird Nesting, Roosting, and Watering Sites

Resource sites must meet the following criteria in order to be listed as sensitive bird nesting, roosting or watering sites: (1) The resource sites must be used by native species and require site-specific protection in order to assure the continuation of the species throughout its natural range. (2) The resource sites must have a probability of being directly and adversely affected by forest practices. (3) In addition, the resource sites must meet one or more of the following criteria: (a) They are resource sites in which birds concentrate the nesting, roosting, or watering: (A) Once established, the resource sites must have a history of long and repeated use; (B) The numbers of resource sites used by the birds are limited (occur in fixed amounts); or (C) The resource sites provide special requirements for the species. (b) The number of suitable resource sites is limited (occur in fixed amounts) and the resource sites are used by species with specialized nesting or roosting requirements: (A) Once established, the resource sites must have a history of long and repeated use; (B) Populations of the species using these resource sites are, or evidence indicates are, naturally small; or (C) Populations of the species using these resource sites are only found in a few locations in Oregon. (c) The number of suitable resource sites is declining and expected to decline in the future, and the resource sites are used by species with specialized nesting or roosting requirements: (A) Once established, the resource sites must have a history of long and repeated use; (B) Populations of the species using these resource sites are, or evidence indicates are, naturally small; or (C) Populations of the species using these resource sites are only found in a few locations in Oregon. (d) The resource sites are protected by the federal 1940 Bald Eagle Protection Act (16 USC 668–668d). This act includes protection of the golden eagle.