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Sep 03, 2010: Seattle Times: "Federal judge orders revised spotted-owl plan"
September 3, 2010 -- A federal judge is requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revise a Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl, and the federal agency said Thursday it plans to release a draft next week.
Sep 02, 2010: The Oregonian: "Judge orders government to revise plan to protect Pacific Northwest's northern spotted owls"
September 2, 2010 -- In what conservation groups say is a win for science over political manipulation, a federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service must revise its recovery and habitat designation plans for the northern spotted owl.
Jun 24, 2010: OPB: "Spotted Owl Surviving 20 Years After Controversial Decision"
June 24, 2010 -- Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most controversial decisions ever for Northwest forests. On June 26th, 1990, the Northern Spotted Owl was put on the Endangered Species list. Scientists at the time were worried the Northern Spotted Owl was on the brink of extinction.
Jul 09, 2009: Seattle Times: "Wash. tree farm strikes habitat deal"
A Washington state tree farm has agreed to create and enhance habitat for northern spotted owls and marbled murrelets on thousands of acres of forest land it owns in Lewis and Skamania counties.
Jul 06, 2009: Seattle Times: "Study finds no increased fire threat in owl habitat"
A new study challenges a basic justification about the threat of wildfires that the Bush administration used to make room for more logging in old growth forests that are home to the northern spotted owl.
Apr 17, 2009: Crosscut: "Back to the drawing board on spotted owls"
April 17, 2009 -- A new administration signals yet another deep examination about how to save forest habitats for endangered spotted owls. After decades of studies and litigation and administrative maneuvers, are we any closer to a solution?
Apr 01, 2009: Seattle Times: "Obama administration wants new spotted-owl plan"
The Obama administration appears to be backing away from a controversial Bush-era plan for endangered Northwest spotted owls.
Jan 15, 2009: Audubon Magazine: "Owl War II"
When the Clinton administration implemented its Northwest Forest Plan, the environmental community and the press, assuming the northern spotted owl had been saved, moved on to other issues. Now the owls are telling a different story. It’s not too late to save them from oblivion, but it will require a dramatic shift in strategy.
Nov 25, 2008: Seattle Times: "Groups challenge plan for spotted-owl recovery"
November 25, 2008 -- Conservation groups are suing the Bush administration to undo the northern-spotted-owl recovery plan that is making it possible to ramp up old-growth-forest logging in Oregon.
Aug 13, 2008: Seattle Times: "As spotted owl's numbers keep falling, some fear it's doomed"
The northern spotted owl — an endangered icon that spurred a rescue effort so sweeping it brought old-growth logging to a virtual standstill in the Northwest — is now closer than ever to extinction.
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