{"id":21682,"date":"2021-05-06T14:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/?p=21682"},"modified":"2021-05-06T14:46:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T14:46:18","slug":"memo-trump-admin-knew-didnt-care-slashing-habitat-likely-cause-northern-spotted-owl-extinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/es\/memo-trump-admin-knew-didnt-care-slashing-habitat-likely-cause-northern-spotted-owl-extinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Nota: el administrador de Trump sab\u00eda, no le importaba que la reducci\u00f3n del h\u00e1bitat probablemente causara la extinci\u00f3n del b\u00faho moteado del norte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the same day as the Trump administration announced the elimination of 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s top owl expert formally objected to the decision in a document recently unearthed as part of ongoing litigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201.01.15-FWS-2021b-NSO-Memo-CH-Elimination-Extinction.pdf\">The Jan. 15 memorandum<\/a>, written by Oregon State Office Supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/science\/awards-slaward-2016.html\">Dr. Paul Henson<\/a>, found that \u201cit is reasonable to conclude that [the reduction in critical habitat] will result in the extinction of the [northern spotted owl].\u201d The Henson memo references other documents, as yet unreleased, indicating this was not the first warning of the dire consequences of the proposed rule. On Dec. 9, 2020, Dr. Henson likewise warned, \u201cMost scientists (myself included) would conclude that such an outcome will, therefore, result in the eventual extinction of the listed subspecies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe now know what we suspected all along, which is that the Trump administration actively disregarded the best available science when making wildlife and land management decisions,\u201d said Susan Jane Brown, attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center. \u201cSeeing in writing that callous disregard for the continued existence of this iconic species is sobering, to say the least, and revolting at worst. This is a clear example, and unfortunately not the first, of the prior administration giving out gifts to political allies rather than following the law. Thankfully, experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service stood up for the northern spotted owl, and WELC and our clients are in court to ensure that the best available science rules the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe suspected that political favors, not science, guided the last-minute rulemaking change by the Trump administration,\u201d said Tom Wheeler, executive director of the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC). \u201cNow we know that it was made clear to the Trump administration that its planned cuts to northern spotted owl critical habitat would result in the owl\u2019s extinction. They knew but didn\u2019t care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Henson memo was written in response to <a href=\"https:\/\/westernlaw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20201.01.07-FWS-2021a-NSO-Memo-Recommending-CH-Elimination.pdf\">a separate memo, signed by then-U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith<\/a>, which outlined the legal and scientific justifications for the reduction in critical habitat. The Jan. 7, 2021 memorandum was reportedly not provided to Dr. Henson until the day before the formal rulemaking, making a more timely objection impossible.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that political appointees have personally inserted themselves into controversial decisions. In 2007, Julie MacDonald, then deputy assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of the Interior, was found to have manipulated decisions and agency science to benefit the Bush administration\u2019s political agenda. The Interior Department under Interior Secs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/31\/climate\/zinke-investigations.html\">Ryan Zinke <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/15\/climate\/bernhardt-interior-department-ethics-investigation.html\">David Bernhardt <\/a>have also been subject to a number of high-profile ethics scandals. Given this history, after the Jan. 15 critical habitat rule, eight Western lawmakers requested a formal investigation as to whether any government official improperly \u201cinserted themselves into the scientific process in order to achieve preferred policy outcomes\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has paused implementation of the Trump-era critical habitat rule until December, signaling its intent to formally reverse or revise the rule. Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/amforest.org\/afrc-counties-challenge-delay-to-2021-northern-spotted-owl-critical-habitat-rule\/\">the timber industry has already filed suit against the delayed implementation<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chronline.com\/stories\/herrera-beutler-republican-coalition-goes-to-bat-over-northern-spotted-owl,262554\">Congressional Republicans are lining up<\/a> behind the timber industry, urging the immediate implementation of the Trump rule.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Timber harvesting in the Northwest has resulted in a widespread loss of spotted owl habitat across its range, which was a main reason for listing the species in 1990. Owls depend on habitat provided by the dense canopy of mature and old-growth forests; unfortunately, those forests are still a target for logging throughout the bird\u2019s historic range. The northern spotted owl is already functionally extinct in its northernmost range, with only one recognized breeding pair left in British Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a court order, in 1990 the Service listed the northern spotted owl as threatened, citing low and declining populations, limited and declining habitat, competition from barred owls, and other factors in the bird\u2019s plight. Even after its listing, northern spotted owl populations have declined by 70%, and the rate of decline has increased.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a petition filed by the Environmental Protection Information Center, in December 2021, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2020\/12\/15\/2020-27198\/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-12-month-finding-for-the-northern-spotted-owl\">U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service determined that \u201cuplisting\u201d the owl from \u201cthreatened\u201d to \u201cendangered\u201d was \u201cwarranted but precluded by higher priority actions.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Contacts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Susan Jane Brown, Western Environmental Law Center, <a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;&#105;&#x6c;&#x74;&#111;&#58;&#x62;&#x72;&#111;&#119;&#x6e;&#x40;&#119;&#101;&#x73;&#x74;&#101;&#114;&#x6e;&#x6c;&#97;&#119;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#114;&#103;\">&#98;&#x72;&#x6f;&#119;&#x6e;&#x40;w&#x65;&#x73;t&#101;&#x72;n&#108;&#x61;w&#46;&#x6f;r&#103;<\/a>, 503-914-1323<\/p>\n<p>Tom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Information Center, <a href=\"&#x6d;a&#x69;&#108;&#x74;&#111;:&#x74;o&#x6d;&#64;&#x77;&#105;l&#x64;&#99;&#x61;&#108;i&#x66;o&#x72;&#110;&#x69;&#97;&#46;&#x6f;r&#x67;\">&#x74;o&#x6d;&#64;&#x77;&#105;l&#x64;&#99;&#x61;&#108;i&#x66;&#111;&#x72;&#110;i&#x61;&#46;&#x6f;&#114;&#x67;<\/a>, 206-356-8689<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the same day as the Trump administration announced the elimination of 3.4 million acres of critical habitat for the northern spotted owl, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s top owl expert formally objected to the decision in a document recently unearthed as part of ongoing litigation. 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