Spotted Owl

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is developing a plan to manage the invasive barred owl population on the West Coast. The plan would help with recovery of spotted owl species.

The decision to slash protections beyond an agency's recommended levels was pushed by the Trump administration in its final days.

The Center for Biological Diversity alleges the Trump administration has failed to make “expeditious progress” on species awaiting protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The seven-part narrative podcast takes a close look at the history, impact and consequences of the fight over Pacific Northwest forests that began in the 1990s and continues today.

The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer of 1990. Thirty years later, what hope, if any, do biologists hold for the fate of the spotted owl?

A federal lands agency releases several versions of its latest plan for opening up logging on some of Oregon's public forestland.

Wildlife officials are taking a new look at the status of the threatened northern spotted owl.  Despite decades of efforts to save the species, it could soon be considered endangered.

The landmark plan  was meant to end the Timber Wars in the Northwest. It signaled a historic shift in how public lands were managed – by maintaining biodiversity instead of keeping timber production high.