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Title: Bruce G. Marcot Spotted Owl Collection, 1951-1997

Predominant Dates: 1975-1993

ID: MSS Marcot

Primary Creator: Marcot, Bruce G.

Extent: 7.2 cubic feet. More info below.

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Bruce G. Marcot Spotted Owl Collection consists of publications, reports, studies, and correspondence assembled or generated by wildlife biologist Bruce G. Marcot pertaining to the spotted owl, the management of its habitat, and its status as an endangered species. The materials include studies of the spotted owl in California and and the southwestern United States in addition to the Pacific Northwest.

The Bruce G. Marcot Spotted Owl Collection consists of materials assembled or generated by research wildlife biologist Bruce G. Marcot pertaining to the spotted owl, management of its habitat, and its status as an endangered species. The Collection includes publications, reports, and studies created by various agencies and organizations including the U.S. Forest Service, OSU Fisheries and Wildlife Department, U.S. Department of the Interior, the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, and the Interagency Spotted Owl Scientific Committee. The Collection also includes correspondence between Marcot and others involved in the spotted owl research and management as well as student theses. While the bulk of the collection pertains to the Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington, northwestern California, and British Columbia), it also includes materials pertaining to the spotted owl in the Sierra Nevada of California and the southwestern United States.

Bruce G. Marcot is a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Forest Service. He completed his Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University in 1985; his dissertation focussed on the habitat relationships of birds and young-growth Douglas-fir in northwest California. He has worked on several spotted owl projects since the 1970s.

More Extent Information: 8 boxes

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Related Materials:

The Spotted Owl Management, Policy, and Research Collection (MSS SpottedOwl) consists of documents assembled by E. Charles Meslow pertaining to the northern spotted owl controversy in the Pacific Northwest during the 1980s and early 1990s.

The Liz VanLeeuwen Spotted Owl Collection (MSS VanLeeuwen) consists of materials collected and generated by former Oregon State Representative Liz VanLeeuwen pertaining to the listing of the spotted owl as a protected endangered species in Oregon.

Preferred Citation: Bruce G. Marcot Spotted Owl Collection (MSS Marcot), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Processing Information: This collection is not fully processed; this guide is preliminary.

Other URL: A preliminary container list was created for this collection on or before November 14, 2014.

Marcot, Bruce G.
United States. Forest Service

Endangered species--Northwest, Pacific.
Forest management--Northwest, Pacific.
Forests and forestry--Northwest, Pacific.
Marcot, Bruce G.
Natural Resources
Northwest Forest Plan (U.S.)
Spotted owl--Northwest, Pacific.
United States. Interagency Scientific Committee