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Washington tree farm strikes habitat deal for owls 2009-07-08
OLYMPIA, Wash. - 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. In a deal to be signed Thursday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the state ...

Bush Exaggerated Fire Risk in Owl Habitat to Favor Logging 2009-07-07
ASHLAND, Oregon, July 7, 2009 (ENS) - The Bush administration made "greatly exaggerated claims" about the severity of wildland fire in the 2008 Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl, according to new research published Monday. The controversial recovery plan recommended the eli...

SCE&G Linemen Rescue Screech Owl Eggs, Birds Released 4 Months Later 2009-07-07
During a routine pole change out in Barnwell, South Carolina, Everette Livingston, Tommy Elkins, Britt Chrisco and Nick Owens, noticed a small nest in a woodpecker cavity in one SCE&G's distributions poles they were about to replace. In the nest were three small white eggs with brown spots...

Study: No increased fire threat in owl habitat By Jeff Barnard, 2009-07-07
Study: No increased fire threat in owl habitat By JEFF BARNARD – 23 hours ago GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — 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 north...

Spotted owl chicks found in northern NM 2009-07-03
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Los Alamos National Laboratory reports two pairs of Mexican spotted owls have chicks. Habitat is protected for Mexican spotted owls, 1 of a handful of threatened species at Los Alamos. Biologist Leslie Hansen, who leads the team that handles the Endangered Species Act ...

Owl dies after stopping traffic By Margaret Baker, 2009-07-02
MOSS POINT - It wasn't your typical traffic hazard. Just after daylight Thursday, Moss Point Police Officer Barry Clark got a call about an injured bird sitting in the middle of the turning lane on Mississippi 613 at Dantzler Street. The bird turned out to be a Great Horned Owl, an endange...

Joy for farm after rare bird find By Kara Bradley, 2009-07-02
Father and son farmers Jim and Stuart Russel have proved to be wise owls when nesting boxes they put up have resulted in seven rare chicks setting up home there.Jim and Stuart, who run Toft Farm, put up the special barn owl boxes on their farm only to discover the seven chicks in two of them.The chi...

Little owls thought to be heard in region By Gerald Ford, 2009-07-01
Birdwatchers in Wairarapa are hot on the trail of the little owl, a German import that may have migrated here from the South Island. The owl was introduced to New Zealand between 1906 and 1910 - along with other exotic birds - by acclimatisation societies operating mostly in Otago. Until n...

Spotted Owls Face Genetic Bottleneck By Emily Sohn, 2009-06-25
The northern spotted owl has been a controversial conservation icon for years - ever since large swaths of old-growth forest in the Pacific Northwest were set aside to protect the threatened bird 15 years ago. That decision angered logging companies and forced them to take a financial hit. Still,...

Elusive owls nest in Williston By Tim Simard, 2009-06-25
The residents in the Tamarack Drive neighborhood have had quite a hoot in recent weeks. Perhaps it's because of the new neighbors that moved in last month and soon made their presence known. Located on the Forrest family's property in the quiet neighborhood are seven rarely seen long-eared owls. ...

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