New BLM Logging Plan Not What’s Needed for Owl and Murrelet Recovery

New BLM Logging Plan Not What’s Needed for Owl and Murrelet Recovery



A new plan announced by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) threatens to enshrine forest management policies favoring logging, including mature forests needed by the threatened Northern Spotted Owl and Marbled Murrelet – species dependent on an old-growth forest ecosystem that also provides clean air, clean water, and viable fish and wildlife populations.

“The Northwest Forest Plan protects old-growth forests and allows for the growth of mature forests into quality wildlife habitat; it should not be abandoned in favor of an untested aggressive logging regime,” said Steve Holmer, senior policy for American Bird Conservancy. “Recent studies show there has been no increase in high-severity fires in the region, which raises concern that this proposal is responding to unfounded fears rather than to the needs of endangered wildlife.”

New BLM Logging Plan Not What’s Needed for Owl and Murrelet Recovery
The Northern Spotted Owl primarily inhabits old growth forests in the northern part of its range (Canada to southern Oregon)

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)

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