“…Many of these dry forest landscapes currently provide habitat for protected species, including northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) and several salmonids (Rieman and Clayton, 1997;Rieman et al, 2003;Courtney et al, 2004). Protected species habitat loss and alteration from wildfires in these dry forest landscapes is well documented (Courtney et al, 2004;Lint, 2005;Spies et al, 2006) and partly responsible for Federal legislation and policy that encourages hazardous fuels reduction (e.g., Williams and Hogarth, 2002;HFRA, 2003).…”