Related: Tracking the call of the spotted owl's extinction Barred owls are native to eastern North America and started appearing in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s. They’ve quickly displaced ...

In a letter addressed to U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on March 7, lawmakers urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop all spending on its Barred Owl Management Strategy.

In other words, officials should abandon a project to kill some 450,000 barred owls in West Coast forests out of a desire to protect the northern spotted owl. Under the Biden administration ...

FILE - A female barred owl sits on a branch in the wooded hills, Dec. 13, 2017, outside Philomath, Ore. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File) A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday urged the Trump ...

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions about the cost estimate and the owl removal program. The agency’s plan called for more than 2,400 barred ...