New spotted owl plan calls for killing barred owl


Once threatened by habitat loss due to timber harvest, the endangered spotted owl now faces a threat from a new owl species.

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Once threatened by habitat loss due to timber harvest, the endangered spotted owl now faces a threat from a new owl species.

Larger, more aggressive, more adaptable barred owls moved West in the 1960s, found food and shelter to their liking and have since displaced spotted owls throughout much of British Columbia to Northern California. Spotted owls declined 40 percent over the past 25 years, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says they may go extinct in some parts of their range if something isn’t done about barred owls.

Read more at Oregonlive.