Underestimating risks to the northern spotted owl in fire-prone forests: response to Hanson et al.

THOMAS A. SPIES,∗††† JAY D. MILLER,† JOSEPH B. BUCHANAN,‡ JOHN F. LEHMKUHL,§ JERRY F. FRANKLIN,∗∗ SEAN P. HEALEY,†† PAUL F. HESSBURG,§ HUGH D. SAFFORD,‡‡ WARREN B. COHEN,∗ REBECCA S.H. KENNEDY,∗ ERIC E. KNAPP,§§ JAMES K. AGEE,∗∗ AND MELINDA MOEUR∗∗∗ ∗U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 3200 Jefferson Way, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A. †U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Fire and Aviation Management, Pacific Southwest Region, McClellan CA 95652, U.S.A. ‡Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife Management Program, 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501, U.S.A. §U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 1133 N Western Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801, U.S.A. ∗∗School of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, U.S.A. ††U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, 507 25th Street, Ogden UT 84401, U.S.A. ‡‡U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo, CA 94592, U.S.A. §§U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Redding, CA 96002, U.S.A. ∗∗∗U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Region 6, P.O. 3623, Portland, OR 97208, U.S.A.