It's breeding season for the rapidly declining California spotted owl, and Ben Vizzachero was about to lead an effort to survey the stately conifer forests and oak woodlands of Los Padres National ...

The northern spotted owl long has been a lightning rod for environmental debates in this part of the country. In the 1980s and 1990s, logging restrictions were imposed to preserve the owl’s habitat in ...

Bipartisan lawmakers condemned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to shoot 450,000 barred owls as part of a ...

They questioned if the shootings would help native populations of northern spotted owls, which have long been controversial ...

As the snow fades from northern Minnesota, so does the influx of owls that migrated into the area during the latest owl irruption event. Irruptions occur when there is a sudden change in the ...

The northern spotted owl is already facing habitat loss and competition with invasive species. Losing the ability to monitor the bird could come with major consequences ...

There are only as many as 5,000 northern spotted owls left in the Northwest, with less than 2,000 estimated to be in Oregon, according to the Forest Service. The counting is crucial for preventing ...

acadicus) and the western screech owl (Megascops kennicottii). In our area, they are forest birds (although the screech owl also breeds in the dry southwest, and I will not discuss those ...

The Northwest Forest Plan lays out how to manage millions of acres across Washington, Oregon and Northern California. But the scientists behind the plan say it hasn’t been very successful. It cost ...

Federal job cuts have upended spotted owl surveys in Northern and Southern California. It’s unclear whether wildfire mitigation strategies such as forest thinning can happen if the surveys are ...