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Debate over plan to kill barred owls

A controversial federal plan to kill barred owls in an effort to protect the endangered spotted owl is drawing criticism from ...
The barred owl is an invasive species that threatens the spotted owl, which is endangered. Now, a plan that includes shooting ...
Federal wildlife officials approved a plan to cull barred owls in order to protect northern spotted owls, but it could be ...
Northern spotted owl numbers have continued to decline in North America’s Pacific Northwest, partly due to competition from ...
Washington is home to the endangered northern spotted owl, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is included on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s list of agencies cooperating with the ...
The spotted owls are in rapid decline. Northern spotted owls are listed as threatened under California and U.S. endangered species laws, and there may be as few as 3,000 left on federal lands.
The Trump administration appears to be backing away from a controversial Biden-era plan to protect the spotted owl by killing ...
After the owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, earning it a Time magazine cover, U.S. officials halted logging on millions of acres of old-growth forests on federal lands ...
Environment Trumps wants to end endangered-species habitat protection, putting spotted owl at renewed risk Published: May. 05, 2025, 8:01 a.m.
The state with the most likelihood of wildlife extinction is Hawaii, which is home to 489 endangered species including but ...
You protect the spotted owl, you protect hundreds of other species that depend on old growth forests – and that’s what we’re losing. We have less than 10% of what we had.