Marbled Murrelette Santa Cruz Mountains

In the late 90s the sempervirens fund a land trust focused on the santa cruz mountains redwood forests received 500 000 in oil spill mitigation funds to protect murrelet breeding habitat.

Marbled murrelette santa cruz mountains.

In the santa cruz mountains. 303 big trees park road. Photo by local ornithologist alex rinkert. Klamath wildlife resources.

Marbled murrelet brachyramphus marmoratus pair off the santa cruz boardwalk. And there are only 450 individuals in the santa cruz mountains a seabird the marbled murrelet makes its living fishing in the ocean and marshes. An intensive 4 day training class was co sponsored by the santa cruz moun. Santa cruz redwood state parks marbled murrelet corvid monitoring 2010 4 always a certainty.

Department of parks and recreation. 801 monterey ave capitola ca 95010. Bioregional council co sponsors local marbled murrelet training class twelve local biologists were trained and certified this past june to conduct forest surveys for murrelets in the santa cruz mountains. The santa cruz mountains are thought to have only 10 000 acres of old and second growth trees 50 of which lies within big basin state park alone singer 2003.

Marbled murrelet monitoring surveys. In the santa cruz mountains. Also immediately fo llowing each dawn completed murrelet survey a corvid survey was co mpleted at or near many of the survey stations. Redding ca 96001.

In addition to murrelet surveys all bird species that were detected were counted and are reported here. Marbled murrelet monitoring surveys. As nesting areas for the severely endangered marbled murrelet. But it nests inland in very tall flat topped trees redwoods douglas firs sitka spruces which basically means old growth timber.

It took 37 days to contain the czu lightning complex fire in san mateo and santa cruz counties but the recovery process for charred forests in the santa cruz mountains is only beginning. Command oil spill trustee council. And within that range other threats are present. 1760 kenyon drive.

Ornithologists were mystified as to where the murrelet nested until a 1970 s snow storm in big basin redwoods state park led to arborists discovering a nest in the canopy of a massive old growth. Suddjian biological consulting services. Those funds helped purchase gazos mountain camp which was added to butano in 2000. The marbled murrelet is listed as endangered under the california endangered species act and threatened under the u s.

The santa cruz mountains are one of the most biodiverse regions in california.