Next time you hear hooting and it sounds like “Who’s coming for dinner,” take a look in your garden or backyard to determine ...

The West is filled with land that helps to preserve vital wildlife habitats, according to conservation groups and ecologists.

The Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) had not been spotted there since 2009. Of 53 songbird species surveyed, most populations remained stable and some grew, while a small number had ...

There is about 104,000 acres of designated critical habitat for the Mexican Spotted Owl in the South Platte Ranger District of the Pike National Forest.

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction. Once ...

“It’s no surprise that corporate timber interests are resurrecting their attacks on northern spotted owls and the places they live in the name of short-term profit,” said Chelsea Stewart-Fuse… ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service "protected the best of the best" habitat for the Mexican spotted owl, he noted, but did not include vast tracts of quality, occupied habitat on tribal, Bureau of Land ...

Enter the Mexican Spotted Owl decree in 1978. Most logging came to an end in the Western National Forests. It was a sad time in Chama as the sawmill/kiln, a large employer in Chama, was closed.

Unlike other spotted owl subspecies that primarily inhabit dense forests, Mexican spotted owls have adapted to the canyon environments of Mexico’s arid regions, making them uniquely important for ...

Unlike other spotted owl subspecies that primarily inhabit dense forests, Mexican spotted owls have adapted to the canyon environments of Mexico’s arid regions, making them uniquely important for ...

West Coast counties joined with forest product companies Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s designation of critical habitat for the threatened northern spotted owl. Four ...

Also impacted are the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse and jaguar, as well as several bird species: the Southwestern willow flycatcher, the Western yellow-billed cuckoo and the Mexican spotted owl.