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 ...

Hofstadter has been carrying out the most expansive barred owl removal effort to date — a research project involving six hunters that has killed more than 1,000 owls in Northern California since ...

FILE - Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, inside a lab in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) ...

The charismatic northern spotted owl came to prominence during the Timber Wars of the 1980s and ‘90s, when the devastating loss of habitat after a century of intensive logging in old-growth ...

The northern spotted owl was at the center of a highly publicized and contentious fight between conservationists and the timber industry during the 1980s and 1990s.

The barred owl certainly is running the northern spotted owl out of old growth. One of the things we wonder about is whether, in fact, the barred owl is actually an invasive.

Fed plan to aid northern spotted owl takes deadly aim at rival bird. By Michael Doyle | 08/29/2024 01:34 PM EDT . The Fish and Wildlife Service has authorized the targeted killing of barred owls ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction.

Differences between northern spotted and barred owls. The northern spotted owl has a specific set of habitat needs, including old-growth, open-canopy forests, and an abundance of food.

To prevent the extinction of the northern spotted owl, is killing barred owls really the only option? Yes. For over 20 years, scientists have studied if there is another way, and struck out.

The barred owl is one species whose distribution expanded throughout the 20th century. The species was predominantly found in the East, especially in southeastern swamps and woods.

The goal is to help the Northern and California Spotted Owl from the ‘invasive’ Barred Owl. RELATED: Killings of invasive owls to ramp up on US West Coa st in bid to save native birds The ...