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Name: Marbled Murrelet

Phylum: Craniata

Class: Aves

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Alcidae

Scientific: Brachyramphus marmoratus

• Nest on large, mossy limbs in the canopy of large (30m and taller) conifers in old forest.
• Nesting habitat is typically associated with:
  • Stands of class 1 – 3 nesting habitat;
  • Within 50 km of seawater; and
  • at an elevation of <=600 meters

• Minimize disruption of nesting marbled murrelet.
• Plan activities so that nests (occupied and unoccupied) continue to be readily used by marbled murrelet.

All Activities

•  Within identified habitat, employ a QP to identify any nesting habitat within the proposed activity location and construction corridor (where applicable). If nesting habitat is identified, avoid activity during the nesting window.

All Activities

• The onus is on the applicant to refer to relevant region-specific timing windows for all high priority wildlife species and consider these as an inherent part of planning and operations, in order to alleviate species-specific impacts during key lifecycle timing.