The spotted owl has long served as a flagship species for environmentalists across the nation, and the Mexican spotted owl is the Southwest's most famous old-growth resident. Unfortunately, by the ...

As an avian icon, curious and vocal, this owl is an excellent indicator of the health of these forests and the hundreds of species that depend on them. Although northern spotted owl populations have ...

U.S. Forest Service layoffs have upended surveys for spotted owls in Southern and Northern California, threatening data collection for the declining birds.

The spotted owl has been categorized as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since the 1990s, due in large part to the encroachment of barred owls on their habitat. Now, ecologists are ...

The USFWS has listed the northern spotted owl as a threatened species in accordance with the Endangered Species Act since 1990. Early efforts to save the bird and its rapidly disappearing old-growth ...

Notably, northern spotted owls only start breeding between the ... The owls are considered to be an indicator species that help to determine the health of a forest ecosystem.

A group of federal lawmakers has asked Interior Secretary Burgum to scrap a plan to kills thousands of owls in West Coast states intended to protect another type of owl.

The northern spotted owl, native to the West Coast region, has been endangered since 1990. The species is listed as Near Threatened under the Endangered Species Act and according to the American ...

They questioned if the shootings would help native populations of northern spotted ... 4,500 barred owls were killed on the West Coast by researchers since 2009. Killing one bird species to ...

The agency is also tasked with reviewing the status of each threatened and endangered species every five years. The last such review for the northern spotted owl occurred in 2011, creating a 2016 ...

They’ve quickly displaced many spotted ... spotted owl declines. As of last year, about 4,500 barred owls were killed on the West Coast by researchers since 2009.Killing one bird species to ...