Brown-winged Owl Nesting Impact on Timber Harvest on Windfall Trails Property (2018)

The Brown-winged owl is a sensitive species which was found to be nesting on the Windfall Trails property this year. Governmental policies state that to protect habitat of this particular sensitive species, timber harvesting must not occur within a 10-hectare (ha) buffer of known nesting locations unless population densities exceed and remain above threshold levels. The assessment revealed approximately 287 ha which will be unusable for timber harvesting; 3.9% of the total property; 5% of forested property. The owls are known to nest near herbaceous openlands of greater or equal to 0.4 ha where they forage for mice and small rodents. Their home ranges are approximately 10 ha.

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