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 ...

Deep in the forests of Sri Lanka, hidden among the tall trees and green leaves, lives a small and mysterious bird—the ...

During the 1990s, President Clinton’s sweeping forest plan to save the owls by saving old-growth forests was among many highlights of my conservation career. But I also recall numerous lows-lows.

At the heart of the case was whether the 13,162-acre Shasta-Trinity National Forest project would harm northern spotted owl habitat in an older stand of forest near Weaverville.