One left: British Columbia’s last chance on northern spotted owls

One left: British Columbia’s last chance on northern spotted owls

A thousand northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) once lived among the sweeping cedars and towering Douglas firs of southwestern British Columbia’s old-growth forests. Today, only one female survives. She lives alone now within the traditional territory of the Spô’zêm First Nation. While a larger – albeit still threatened – population remains in the United […]

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Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Trump Administration’s Denial of Protection to California Spotted Owls

Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Trump Administration’s Denial of Protection to California Spotted Owls

SAN FRANCISCO— Conservation groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the Trump administration over its failure to protect California spotted owls under the Endangered Species Act. In November 2019 the Trump U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that the spotted owl population is declining and likely to be wiped out from […]

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