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�~~ <br />) restoration pnxmeo must be implemented immediately to reduce the current rate of <br />norub-jaypupuNtinndecline. <br />� <br />5.3.2,1 MECHANICAL TREATMENTS <br />� <br />Initial management efforts towards restoration of optimal uumbiny hnNnn omndNunx � <br />,~ on the Scrub -Jay Habitat Cnmp000aVoo Areas will vmp|vy two (2) moohao|na/ � <br />management techniques. Table 7. Florida ScrubJay/-labita/ Reston'tix/ -AVec/�x�a | <br />0�m^goor�,,�o/6uo/Y�n' outlines tile habitat polygons �o ho treated by mechanical <br />"�* � <br />treatment methods, tile initial implementation schedule, arid esite priority ranking <br />^^~ <br />` <br />As discussed above in Section 4.2, PaUoav Island Elementary School arid Sebastian <br />� <br />Highlands Conservation Area ahma (Unit 17 oomnanoadon an000) have received the <br />mgoom priority ooWnq as o momoure to minhnize the extent of take within the <br />surrounding ITP impact area by quickly providing ouimh/n habitat for use by |ho <br />'/mnUan, scrub -jay clusters potentially displaced by residential construction. <br />Restoration Of the Sebastian Airport dispersal corridor has been ranked second — <br />to <br />encourage dispersal between tile study population arid ocmb-jo" <br />ayc|uvu�,n|ooare� <br />'�. tile nearby St. Sohomiun Buffer Reserve (Conaoi Parcel). This priority ranking <br />, minnmV in the rooxz,o/ivn burning implementation schedule provided below. <br />'° <br />/ <br />,~~ <br />The mechanical treatments to be applied within each habitat polygon are specified oil <br />Table 7 and include one or both of the following: <br />�~ 1Of Pine trees, xbsh pine and sand pine, �d ��c by k��g <br />s���o�go��w��m��o the canopy cover to I to2trees <br />_ <br />(live trees and anagn;)per acre. Tile total numbnrofuunViogtimber Uivuand <br />uumd> shall om exceed a maximum of 1 to 2 units per acre. The standing <br />trees/snags will be maintained to provide resident uc,v0ioyu with nanuon| <br />perches and Potential arboreal cache sites. <br />/ <br />, vVhom prmsoo/, dense stands ofcabbage palino and large diameter oaks will be <br />� <br />removed from tho habitat polygon by the bmbo,contractor uo that the canopy ' <br />oovn, oonnioohog all tree species N V`o oonnpv mmwo' does not vxcoou tile <br />� <br />above density u/itnnv. Tho resulting canopy in 'ho mooi^ Oatmmndx can be a <br />~. <br />mixture nypine and cabbage »o|m'lot exceeding l to 2trees <br />paro�m. � <br />NOTE: To ndoon tile nnSad"o ioUummu of the nv/mund|oU deVrad a0 habitat <br />anvomm on the nvWiry o/ Um habitat areas targeted for msmnation on mn ` <br />Snnu`/ay Habitat Compensation Amos' i/ is recommended, although no/ � <br />oonmh\yam' a regulatory myvire,men/ covered mvkv /Ai,-; /-1Jp, that tho logging <br />— <br />operation extend into all upland habitat types uooumn0vv/thin mohoundndvo <br />o{the 408± North Sebastian Conservation Area (Polygons 10. 11' and 21) and <br />' <br />