Northern Spotted Owl Archives - Western Environmental Law Center

Conservation groups relieved protections will remain for 3.4 million acres of critical northern spotted owl habitat

Nov 9, 2021 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Conservation groups in the Pacific Northwest have expressed relief that a final rule issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Fish and Wildlife) will reinstate federal protections for old-growth forests, forests essential for the survival of the northern spotted...

Conservation groups ask court to reinstate protections on 3.4 million acres of critical northern spotted owl habitat

Mar 23, 2021 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Conservation groups in the Pacific Northwest filed a legal challenge to reinstate federal protections on more than 3.4 million acres of federal old-growth forests, which are essential for the survival of the threatened northern spotted owl. The lawsuit asks the court...

USFWS cuts northern spotted owl critical habitat by 42% in likely death sentence for species

Jan 13, 2021 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Today, with six days remaining in the Trump administration, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a final rule eliminating 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl in Washington state, Oregon, and California. This decision comes one...

USFWS: Northern spotted owls are endangered, but we’re too busy to help

Dec 14, 2020 | News Release, Northern Spotted Owl

Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a finding on the northern spotted owl’s listing status, spurred by a lawsuit filed last week by wildlife advocates. The finding states “reclassification of the northern spotted owl from a threatened species to an...

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