The agreement stems from a suit the Center for Biological Diversity and other groups filed against the Trump administration in 2020 for not adding the spotted owl to the list of endangered species.

The rare northern spotted owl species faces habitat loss and, now, intruding barred owls. A biologist, and the federal government, have made a difficult decision — killing one owl to ward off ...

FILE – In this June 1995, file photo a Northern Spotted owl sits on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif. Wildlife officials say the northern spotted owl has been listed under the California ...

The spotted owl is considered an indicator species -- a gauge of the health of the ecosystem that provides its habitat. The steady decline of this species signals the demise of other species, such as ...

The federal government listed the spotted owl as a threatened species in 1990. The anger in Pacific Northwest communities was visible on hats and bumper stickers — “Spotted Owl tastes like ...

SALEM, Ore. — The Northern Spotted Owl was already struggling before 2020. But this year's Labor Day wildfires brought another major blow to the iconic but fragile population of birds, pushing ...

The spotted owl, officially listed as threatened in 1990, provided the timber industry with a scapegoat for the elimination of thousands of jobs in the preceding decades.

The northern spotted owl has long been one of the most prominent species of the Pacific Northwest. With white-speckled brown plumage, big brown eyes, and a wingspan of up to four feet, these ...

The Clinton administration — spurred by lawsuits, the listing of the owl under the Endangered Species Act, and years of political upheaval over Northwest logging — set aside 24.5 million acres ...

A northern spotted owl photographed in 1995 sitting on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif. An academic partner on a U.S. Forest Service-led monitoring program for the endangered species said a federal ...

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to kill some 470,000 owls over 30 years to protect other owl species has prompted conservationists and animal welfare advocates to weigh the consequences.