The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s goal is to kill up to 452,000 barred owls and halt the decline of competing northern spotted owls and California spotted owls.
WASHINGTON, USA — U.S. wildlife officials beginning next year will drastically scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests, under a plan finalized Wednesday that faces challenges from barred owls returning after they’ve already been removed.
Trained shooters will target barred owls over 30 years across a maximum of about 23,000 square miles in California, Oregon and Washington. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s goal is to
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