Description: Cottonwoods and Western Screech-Owl Habitat
Cottonwood presence in stands <800m based on VRI (2022) with interpretation by Bob Brett (Snowline 2024). Estimated Western Screech-owl (Megascops kennicottii kennicottii) habitat suitability based on presence of soft edge and distance from disturbance (per Jared Hobbs, pers. comm. to Bob Brett).
Note that the data available for both cottonwoods and Western Screech-owls is not complete or entirely accurate. Further stand-level surveys would be needed to assess stands mapped here and to determine the location of other cottonwood stands.