My Word | Put down guns, let barred owls come to the rescue

My Word | Put down guns, let barred owls come to the rescue

As we heard from the Times-Standard a couple of weeks ago, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wants to shoot a lot of barred owls — more than 400,000 in fact! … in the belief that this is the only way to rescue the northern spotted owl (NSO) from extinction. It has engaged in the formal approval process and is inviting public comment. As a downstream resident who has been fearful of Humboldt Redwood Company, active since 2014 in the Mattol…