We also took the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to court over an Oregon Department of Forestry logging plan in the Elliott State Forest, an area that provides crucial habitat for the northern spotted ...

whose range has expanded from the eastern United States to the Pacific Northwest, as well as urban development and disease. POPULATION TREND: A once-common resident of old-growth forests, the northern ...

Gary Braasch A 1991 court ruling helped the Northern spotted owl (in Oregon's Coast Range this past May) by sparing much of its old-growth forest habitat. Now what? ⓒ Gary Braasch The owl ...