U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposes management of barred owls to reduce competition for northern spotted owls.
SEATTLE — A U.S. Fish and Wildlife proposal to kill non-native owls to protect the endangered northern spotted owl has sparked controversy among conservation groups.
Decades of work have been done to try to protect northern spotted owls in the Northwest. After years of logging destroyed the old-growth forest they called home, conservationists worked to secure an endangered species designation, and new rules were put in place to protect habitat.
But the species is still on the decline, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife is proposing a broad suite
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