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When the enviros succeeded in killing logging in the PNW with the spotted owl thing there were many people telling them it was Barred owls moving in that was decreasing the spotted owl population not logging and now it has become to obvious to deny. Now that the feds have killed logging and put thousands of men out of work they want to kill thousands of Barred owls to stop a naturally occurring species shift. I swear DC gets more stupid and figures out more ways to waste money every day.
"The federal government first listed the northern spotted owl as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990. Their population is dwindling by an average of 2.9 percent every year, it says.
Barred owls are native to eastern North America, but they've arrived in the West only relatively recently, first having been seen in western Washington in 1973. The Fish & Wildlife Service says there's a direct correlation between the growth of the barred owl and the disappearance of the northern spotted owl." The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service published an environmental impact statement explaining why it had approved the removal of about 3,600 barred owls — some by "lethal" means — in four "test areas" of Oregon, Washington and California.
Feds move ahead with plans to kill barred owls ? to save spotted owls - U.S. News
"The federal government first listed the northern spotted owl as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990. Their population is dwindling by an average of 2.9 percent every year, it says.
Barred owls are native to eastern North America, but they've arrived in the West only relatively recently, first having been seen in western Washington in 1973. The Fish & Wildlife Service says there's a direct correlation between the growth of the barred owl and the disappearance of the northern spotted owl." The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service published an environmental impact statement explaining why it had approved the removal of about 3,600 barred owls — some by "lethal" means — in four "test areas" of Oregon, Washington and California.
Feds move ahead with plans to kill barred owls ? to save spotted owls - U.S. News