This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to ...

This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt.

Killing 60,000 to 100,000 barred owls across a portion of California and the West would save the Spotted owl from extinction.

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 ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller ...

When the northern spotted owl was listed as threatened on the Endangered Species Act in 1990, wildlife officials listed the barred owl as a potential threat to their population, Bown said.

Officials said northern spotted owl populations in the northern half of the species’ range ‒ where barred owls have moved in most aggressively ‒ have dropped by more than 75% in 20 years.

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 ...

In Oregon between 1995 and 2017, spotted owl populations in high density owl territory declined by up to 75%. In Washington, some spotted owl territories saw population declines of up to 80% ...

The spotted owl is one piece of that story … and it’s unfortunate that we have a current administration that doesn’t care about that, doesn’t care about nature or future generations, ...

Trump’s hiring freeze could push an owl toward extinction, environmental group warns. The northern spotted owl is already facing habitat loss and competition with invasive species.