The Barred Owl's deep "who-cooks-for-you" call echoes through US forests, making it a favorite among night-time listeners. The Barred Owl is a large, stocky owl with a rounded head and no ear tufts.

BARRED OWL IN TREES PHOTOS BY GARRY BRANDENBURG/X-RAY IMAGES FURNISHED BY DR. GRANT JACOBSON, DVM A Barred Owl (Strix varia) sits comfortably in a Marshall County upland forest. This scribe was ...

A bipartisan group of four lawmakers say the current plan to kill thousands of the invasive barred owls to save spotted owls is a "waste of taxpayer dollars." ...

In a significant step to protect the threatened northern spotted owl, the Bureau of Land Management has released a final decision to adopt an overarching Barred Owl Management Strategy developed by ...

The “barred owl management strategy” approved in August calls for hunting and killing nearly half a million barred owls over 30 years across Washington, Oregon and California. The plan is ...

Human-mediated activities made the barred owl’s range expansion possible, said Peter Hodum, professor of avian ecology at the University of Puget Sound. A combination of direct changes like planting ...

By the early 1970s, barred owls arrived in spotted owl territory in the Pacific Northwest ... Gomberg, furthered, “This simply isn’t a sound strategy – fiscally or ecologically.” ...

“The northern spotted owl is native, and their loss would be significant on our ecosystem.” The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service “barred owl management strategy” approved in August calls for ...

Five Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect the threatened northern spotted owl. These ...

The Marin Audubon Society has joined a coalition of conservation groups defending a federal plan to kill invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The coalition has requested to intervene as ...