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RCW SLOPES Manual — North Carolina
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Appendix B — Red -cockaded Woodpecker Effects Determination Key
USFWS Reference No. (if applicable):
US Army Corps
of Engineers:
Date(25/26Z3
1) Is the action areal located within the RCW consultation area (see Appendix A and project -specific
results from a project -specific IPaC or internal USACE GIS review)?
a) Yes go to 2'
b) No No effect2
2) Is the action area' located in the northeastern coastal plain (see Appendix A)?
a) Yes go to 3
b) No (the project is located in piedmont, sandhills, or southeastern coastal plain) go to 4
3) Is the action areal located in a forested area with pine trees present in northeast North Carolina (e.g.,
high pocosin, Atlantic white cedar, nonriverine swamp forests, pond pine woodland, coastal fringe
evergreen forest, wet successional pine/pine-hardwood forest, or pine plantation or uplands)? If yes,
are the pine trees greater than 30 years of age (if stand age is not readily determined, refer to Table
1 for a description of the minimum dbh of 30-year-old pines associated with each community type).
If the answer to both of these questions is yes, choose Yes below. If the answer to one or both
questions is no, then choose No below.
a) Yes go to 8
b) No No effect2
4) Is the action area' located within suitable RCW foraging or nesting habitat (pine or pine/hardwood
stands in which 50% or more of the dominant trees are pines and the dominant pine trees are 30
years of age or older or >_8-inches dbh5)?
a) Yes go to 5
b) No No effect'
5) Will any activity in the action areal remove trees equal to or greater than 8 inches dbh; or will any
activity occur within 200 feet of known RCW cavity trees? If unable to determine the location of a
cavity tree with confidence, contact the USFWS Raleigh Ecological Services Field Office.
a) Yes (to one or both) go to 6
b) No NLAA3
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