The Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan — kill nearly half a million ...
In August 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a plan to kill 450,000 invasive barred owls along the West Coast. The plan permits the lethal removal of the owls by attracting them with ...
A barred Owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. (Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) The federal government will move ahead with plans to kill tens of thousands of barred owls in ...
A group of 19 lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter last week, asking the federal government to halt a plan that aims to kill tens of thousands of barred owls along the West Coast, including in ...