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Amanda Loman/APThe group, appointed under former President Joe Biden, has completed its core assignment, but still has some remaining goals. -
Danny HofstadterFive Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.
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A legal settlement announced this week will start an environmental review that could shrink the amount of public land considered “critical habitat” for… -
The Northern spotted owl seems to get it from all sides. Habitat loss and the encroachment of the barred owl have contributed to a continued decline in… -
The Northern spotted owl takes the blame for the decline in logging in much of the Northwest. Yet the numbers of owls continue to drop. This is true of… -
Northwest forest policy is once again heating up. Last week, federal officials presented their latest assessment of the Northwest Forest Plan, which…
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"Threatened" status may not be enough for the Northern Spotted Owl. The old-growth forest dweller continues to decline in number, and that could lead to… -
It’s been nearly 20 years since the Northwest Forest Plan scaled back logging across the region, in large part to preserve habitat for the endangered… -
Time for a few more words on the shooting of barred owls. The process recently began, in an effort to help spotted owls survive in areas where the owls… -
The work long rumored recently got underway: gunfire killed barred owls in Northern California. And it was completely intentional, meant to give spotted… -
Twenty-three years ago, the listing of the northern spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act was one of the factors that led to a sharply reduced…
