Spotting the Spotted Owl: 30 Years of Habitat Change In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, you can still occasionally hear the hoot of the northern spotted owl or see its camouflaged plumage. But after three decades of conservation efforts, the survival of this species continues to be challenged. Satellites have been helping researchers understand why. On the surface the reason seems simple: there has been robust competition for limited resources. Economic demand for wood and paper products l

Stop the $1.35 Billion Barred Owl Slaughter The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a 30 year plan to slaughter 500,000 native barred owls which birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for more than a century. Their reasoning? These owls share habitat with their threatened cousins, the northern and California spotted owls. But instead of protecting forests and tackling the real drivers of decline: logging, climate change, and poor management. USFWS is scapegoating one species

Stop the $1.35 Billion Owl Slaughter The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved a 30 year plan to slaughter 500,000 native barred owls which birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for more than a century. Their reasoning? These owls share habitat with their threatened cousins, the northern and California spotted owls. But instead of protecting forests and tackling the real drivers of decline: logging, climate change, and poor management. USFWS is scapegoating one species in a c