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fromLos Angeles Times
4 days ago

Plan to kill 450,000 owls creates odd political bedfellows - loggers and environmentalists

Some logging advocates are afraid nixing the plan will slow down timber harvesting. Roughly 2.6 million acres of timberlands in western Oregon managed by the Bureau of Land Management are governed by resource management plans contingent on the barred owl cull going forward, according to Travis Joseph, president and chief executive of the American Forest Resource Council, a trade association representing mills, loggers, lumber buyers and other stakeholders in the region.
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fromLos Angeles Times
2 days ago

Plan to kill 450,000 owls pushes past major obstacle with Republicans both for and against

The Senate rejected a GOP resolution blocking a plan to remove 450,000 barred owls to protect northern spotted owls, allowing the cull to proceed.
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fromThe Mercury News
3 months ago

Trump administration axes plans to kill invasive owls in Mendocino, Sonoma counties

Trump's administration has halted federal funding for a controversial barred owl culling plan intended to protect the endangered northern spotted owl.
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