Initially, the Great Plains prevented barred owls from moving beyond the forested East Coast. But as European settlers planted patches of forest and changed the climate, the owls were able to ...

The agency said humans probably paved the way for barred owls to migrate as they learned to suppress forest fires and they planted trees in the Great Plains and Canada’s boreal forest.

Burrowing owls arrive at their breeding grounds in March throughout the western Great Plains and southern Florida and begin to migrate south in August and September. They use open grasslands ...

Absolutely not. HEGYI: Barred owls are native to the woodlands of the eastern U.S., but they started to move west in the early 1900s as more trees were planted in the Great Plains. Researchers ...

Researchers say barred owls moved westward by one of two routes: across the Great Plains, where trees planted by settlers gave them a foothold in new areas, or via Canada's boreal forests ...

Researchers say barred owls moved westward by one of two routes: across the Great Plains, where trees planted by settlers gave them a foothold in new areas; or via Canada’s boreal forests ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a final proposal to kill around 450,000 invasive barred owls in the Northwest, in an attempt to save two native species. When you purchase through ...