Conservation Coalition Joins Lawsuit Protecting Northern Spotted Owl

Conservation coalition joins lawsuit protecting northern spotted owl

A coalition of conservation groups announced it has intervened in a lawsuit that seeks to remove almost 3.5 million acres of land in California, Oregon and Washington from protected status. The land is part of 9.6 million acres of critical conservation territory for the spotted owl. “This is a tired story: the timber industry attempting to game the legal system in order to expand logging on our public lands,” said Tom Wheeler, executive director…

Northern California's spotted owl faces Trump-era legal threat - MendoFever – Mendocino County News

The following is a press release issued by the Center for Biological Diversity:Northern Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis caurina, Gifford Pinchot forest, Washington, (c) Tom Kogut/ USDA Forest Service.Conservation groups intervened today in a lawsuit brought by the timber industry and counties seeking to strip northern spotted owls of protections for their critical habitat across millions of acres of forests in California, Oregon and Washington.T…

Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat - Oregon Wild

Contact:    John Persell, Oregon WildChelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological DiversitySusan Jane Brown, Silvix ResourcesTom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Information CenterSydney Wilkins, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands CenterDavid Woodsmall, Western Environmental Law CenterNick Cady, Cascadia WildlandsJoe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of OregonDave Werntz, Conservation NorthwestKimberly Baker, Klamath Forest Alliance Portland, OR — Conservation …

Legal intervention defends northern spotted owl habitat - Western Environmental Law Center

Conservation groups intervened today in a lawsuit brought by the timber industry and counties seeking to strip northern spotted owls of protections for their critical habitat across millions of acres of forests in California, Oregon and Washington. The industry lawsuit attempts to reinstate a critical habitat rollback issued in the final weeks of the first […]