Interagency Special Status /
Sensitive Species Program (ISSSSP)

Agency Direction

This section includes information about the Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species program officially transmitted to the field units of Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management and Region 6 of the Forest Service.

Communications may, for example, establish direction or policy, request responses from the field, or transmit conservation planning documents and survey protocols.

General

• Vouchering Policy, IM-OR-2012-010 - Adobe .pdf file – 122K
• Final Conservation Assessment Format and Draft Conservation Strategy Format Transmittal Memo, IB-OR-2006-142 - July 6, 2006 - Adobe .pdf file - 35K
  1. Attachment #1, Final Conservation Assessment Format - Adobe .pdf file - 172K
  2. Attachment #2, Draft Conservation Strategy Format - Adobe .pdf file - 194K
  3. Attachment #3, Peer Review Process - Adobe .pdf file - 20K
• Interagency Conservation Planning -- IB-OR-2005-096, March 11, 2005 - Word .doc file - 45K
  1. Types of Conservation Planning Documents (CPD) - Word .doc file - 23K
  2. Table for Identifying Planned Ongoing or Completed CPD's - Word .doc file - 40K
  3. Draft Conservation Assessment Format - Word .doc file - 162K
  4. Peer-Review Process for Conservation Assessments - Word .doc file - 23K

Bats

• Reaffirming Bats in Building Direction and Updated Contact Information - 2021 - Word .docx file - 22K
• Region 6 Forest Service Information and Direction Regarding Buildings Used by Bats within the Northwest Forest Plan Area - Word .doc file - 61K
  • Enclosure 1 includes: - Word .docx file - 2.6M
    • Safety Considerations When Conducting Bat Surveys
    • Survey Protocol for Determining Bat Use of Buildings
    • Management Recommendations for Buildings used by or assumed to be used by Bats
    • Bat Education and Information Sources
    • Plans for the Oregon Wedge Bat Box Design
    • A copy of the NWFP 2001 Standards and Guidelines and Management Recommendations for Bat Roosts