PORTLAND, Ore. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an Endangered Species Act incidental take permit to the Oregon Department of State Lands for its Elliott State Research Forest Habitat Conservation Plan. The permit covers incidental take of the threatened marbled murrelet and northern spotted owl associated with implementing the HCP over 80 years. The state voluntarily created the HCP to promote innovative forest research and timber production while ensuring the conservation of listed species and their habitats in the Elliott State Research Forest, located in Coos and Douglas counties. The incidental take permit provides consistency and management certainty for the landowner and the public while facilitating extended studies essential to understanding working forests. …The HCP is intended to be financially self-sufficient, using revenue generated from the sale of harvested forest products consistent with the plan’s research framework and conservation measures.