spotted owl

BLM plans to triple timber cutting in old growth forests in the pacific northwest and competition from the barred owl, a large and invasive species from the east, could lead to the extinction of the last few northern spotted owls remaining in the wild.

The Bush Administration's efforts to dismantle protections for salmon and the northern spotted owl are seriously flawed, and not adequately supported by science, concludes a report by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency's department of fisheries.