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Chugach National Forests habitat management program to create winter range for moose is compatible with nongame bird management. Areas burned for moose will provide habitat for a wide variety of birds that are unable to use mature forests, and they will provide diversity in forest age and type in the future. However, some species will be adversely affected by the burning program, so attention must be given to maintaining habitat for these species. Attention to maximizing the value of prescribed burn sites to birds will insure that the burns are useful to some species of woodpeckers that now occur only in low numbers on the Kenai.