BLM hopes to find a way for the northern spotted owl and the logging industry to coexist.
The Bureau of Land Management is working to find a way for northern spotted owl populations and the logging industry to both stay intact.
The owl has played a key role in the economic landscape since it was first listed as a threatened species 20 years ago.
With the proposed Western Oregon Plan Revisions to the Northwest Forest Plan rescinded, officials at the Bureau of Land Management’s Roseburg District are hoping to take advantage of the current policy limbo and again affect that landscape with a ground-up approach that can find room for owl habitat, logging and social values to coexist.
Last week at a Douglas Timber Operators meeting, Roseburg BLM District Manager Jay Carlson presented what he is tentatively calling the Roseburg Collaborative Forestry Pilot Project.
Read the full story at the Capital Press.
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