Guidelines for the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker on Associated Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate Species

In 1994, the Army established Army-wide management communities and to move RCW management toward guidelines for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides multi-species management of the landscape. Guidance borealis) (RCW), a Federally endangered species for the integration of ecosystem-based approaches into protected under the Endangered Species Act. The 1994 endangered species management is also included. RCW Management Guidelines outlined population Appendix B (furnished on diskette) provides land goals, inventory requirements, and land management managers with in-depth management-related practices directed toward the protection and information on those endangered, threatened, or stewardship of RCW populations on Army lands. candidate species which may co-occur with the This report assesses the potential effects of red-cockaded woodpecker or which are associated with implementation of the Guidelines on other endangered, particular habitat types which occur within the longleaf 0 threatened, and candidate species associated with pine landscape. The 16 animal species and 31 plant RCWs on Army installations subject to the Guidelines. species discussed are either known to occur or may The report provides recommendations to reduce the potentially occur on at least one of the U.S. Army potential for adverse effects on non-target species and installations subject to the Guidelines. Approved for public release; distribtion is unlimited