Saving Spotted Owls

 

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) photo by Jim Thrailkill/USFWS

 

OPA is monitoring a U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proposal to remove invasive barred owls from selected areas to conserve threatened spotted owl populations. Below is USFWS’s background paper on its draft plan.

 

NOTE: Comment period closed January 16, 2024

 

USFWS Barred Owl Info Sheet