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." ...

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 ...

And that the preservation of ecosystems and species are really important and worth protecting.” Wheeler said it’s necessary to remove invasive barred owls from the region to give researchers more time ...

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 ...

Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility. In a letter sent ...

In parts of Oregon, barred owls are considered an invasive species, and they pose an existential risk for the northern spotted owl. (Stock photo) As a turkey hunter, I never get tired of hearing the ...

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 ...

Four Oregon lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to help stop a plan that would kill 450,000 barred owls in an effort to save endangered spotted owls over the next 30 years.

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 ...

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