Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility.

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Oregon lawmakers appeal to Trump administration to stop mass-killing of barred owls, citing cost

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The Biden administration appears to be doubling down on a plan to kill barred owls in order to protect the northern spotted owl populations in Northwest forests. But a group of bipartisan Oregon legislators says it’s a cruel and wasteful plan. They’re calling on the incoming Trump administration’s proposed Department of Government Efficiency to reverse the decision.Two years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a plan to shoot and k…

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BLM endorses plan to killed barred owls on federal land, as Oregon lawmakers push back

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A group of bipartisan Oregon state lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to stop a federal plan to kill invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The lawmakers sent a letter to Musk and Ramaswamy on Monday, asking for assistance from the leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency, a new agency under the upcoming Trump administration. The group of lawmakers behind the letter includes Rep. Ed D…

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Oregon lawmakers call on Musk, Ramaswamy to stop 'wasteful' plan to kill barred owls

By Damien Alvarado Click here for updates on this story     OREGON (KDRV) —  A group of bipartisan Oregon lawmakers called on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, heads of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), to stop the planned killing nearly half a million barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The federal plan approved by the Biden Administration in September 2024, is designed to reduce social competition between range-expanding barred owls a…

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Lawmakers want to stop the killing of nearly half a million Barred Owls

Barred Owl According to the Audubon Society, the Barred Owl is a little smaller that the Great Horned Owl. It is much less aggressive and is most active at night, but it will also call and even hunt in the daytime. It lives in mostly deciduous or mixed woods in the southeast. The Barred Owl eats mostly small mammals like mice, small rodents, squirrels, rabbits, opossums, etc. It will eat various birds, frogs, snakes and lizards including some in…

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A group of four lawmakers — three Oregon State House Members and one Senator — have asked Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy tapped to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The lawmakers’ press release can be seen below, along with a link to the letter from the four rural lawmakers. “Rural, range-state lawmakers are ... Read more The post Bipartisan Group of Oregon Lawmakers Urge the DOGE to Nix Biden Administration’s Barred Owl Massac…

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Bipartisan Group of Oregon Lawmakers Urge the DOGE to Nix Biden Administration’s Barred Owl Massacre

To help save spotted owls, federal officials plan to kill nearly 500,000 of a similar species, barred owls. The barred owls are bigger and are hogging the spotted owls’ food, wildlife officials say.

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By COURTNEY SHERWOOD/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Biden administration appears to be doubling down on a plan to kill barred owls in order to protect the northern spotted owl populations […] The post Five Oregon legislators, including Rep. Gomberg, protest BLM’s plan to kill barred owls appeared first on YachatsNews.com.

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A bipartisan group of Oregon state House members and a newly elected state senator is asking the federal government to nix the idea of killing nearly half a million barred

Oregon lawmakers appeal to Trump administration to stop mass-killing of barred owls, citing cost

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