Reviewers Rip Spotted Owl Recovery Plan
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS’s) draft recovery plan for the Pacific Northwest’s beleaguered northern spotted owl population has been lambasted, reports the Wildlife Management Institute. Read more…
Ashland cattle ranch faces failure if grazing is curtailed
Recent study recommends barring cattle from the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
ASHLAND — Longtime rancher Mike Dauenhauer wasn’t surprised that a recent scientific study concluded cattle grazing harmed the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Read more…
Scientists: Livestock damage Cascade-Siskiyou monument
Cattle should be permanently retired from grazing on the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, according to a study conducted by a team of 10 scientists hired by an environmental group. Read more…
2 options offered to save spotted owl
The federal government yesterday released a draft plan to save the northern spotted owl, nearly two decades after the bird’s listing as a “threatened” species crippled the Northwest timber industry. Read more…
Judge rejects salmon lawsuit
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A federal judge ruled the government does not have to count hatchery salmon along with wild fish when deciding whether to protect a species. Read more…
Scientists Pan Spotted Owl Recovery Plan
Scientists reviewing the latest Bush administration plan for saving the northern spotted owl have given a big thumbs-down. The government contracted with two scientific societies to do a peer review. Top experts scrutinized the new owl recovery plan that could increase logging in Northwest forests. Dominic DellaSala is a conservation biologist on the owl recovery team. He endorses the reviewers’ call to start over. Read more…
Pine beetles infest Crater Lake rim
Warming is probably the cause of the insects’ proliferation
Global warming is the prime suspect in a mountain pine beetle infestation that is killing the whitebark pine trees on the rim of Crater Lake. Read more…
DellaSala to testify before Congress
Dominick DellaSala of Ashland will testify before Congress next week, during which he plans to ask federal lawmakers to investigate whether political interference has skewed the draft recovery plan to save the northern spotted owl. Read more…
The Return of the Spotted Owl Wars
Northern spotted owl’s decline revives old concerns
Ashland, Ore. – Twenty years after the northern spotted owl became the prime symbol for endangered species and habitat protection, it’s back in the news and steeped in controversy. Read more…
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