Spotted Owls: A Proven Strategy Against Extinction - The National Wildlife Federation Blog The northern spotted owl population has been rapidly declining, largely due to an unexpected culprit—the barred owl. A proven wildlife management strategy offers the potential to avoid extinction. 

Humans have driven the spotted owl toward extinction through destruction of their habitat, and by facilitating the expansion of barred owls. 🦉

Learn about the science-based approach to bring back spotted owl populations 📲 https://ow.ly/UGlX50XrmzJ

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'Dead As Jimmy Hoffa': Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy Rips $1.35 Billion Federal Plan To Kill 453,000 Owls Louisiana Senator John Kennedy launched a fierce challenge against the Department of Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), sharply

Dead As Jimmy Hoffa’: Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy Rips $1.35 Billion Federal Plan To Kill 453,000 Owls

#USpoli #USA 🇺🇸 #Owls #Birds #Wildlife #USFWS #DOI #SpottedOwls #Nature #BarredOwls #AnimalWelfare #Science #AnimalRights

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A plan to shoot 450,000 owls — to save a different owl — could be in jeopardy LOS ANGELES — An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl by killing a more common ...

the plot thickens. Still not sure where I come down on this plan, whether it actually happens in the end or not... :( #owls #barredowls #spottedowls #PNW

After decades of advocacy, the government has released a strategy to save Canada's spotted owls After years of political feet dragging and destructive logging, the federal government has released a plan to protect one of Canada’s rarest birds. On The federal government has finally released a…

“For 20 years, the number of #spottedowls declined,” says Wilderness Committee campaigner Joe Foy. According to him, B.C. negotiated a recovery strategy with fed gov more than 20 years ago, but never created a credible plan for protecting the bird’s critical habitat.

🦉 William Lynn condemns the culling of 500k #BarredOwls to 'save' #SpottedOwls as a moral atrocity. The plan is unscientific, ethically bankrupt, and fails to address root causes like #HabitatLoss and #Climate change.

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That interpretation has been a crucial part of how the #EndangeredSpecies Act has protected over 1,700 species since its passage in 1973, said Hartl. It's helped preserve spawning grounds for #AtlanticSturgeon, allowing them to mate & sustain the population. It has protected old-growth #forests […]

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Mass Firings Hurt #EndangeredSpecies like #manatees #BlackFootedFerrets, and #SpottedOwls. Join me and Center for Biological Diversity, tell #Congress to reverse these harmful staff cuts in the upcoming government-spending deal to help protect the United States' natural heritage […]

Barred owls, bird brains, budget cuts, & hot lead, bad for eagles too - Animals 24-7 Trump administration may turn scheme to kill 450,000 barred owls over to sport hunters

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#leadpoisoning #barredowls #spottedowls #Californiacondor
#baldeagle #goldeneagle

Who need polar bears? We can do without a few polar bears. #polarbears
Who needs koalas? We can do without a few koalas. #koalas
Who needs snail darters? We can do without a few snail darters? #snaildarters
Who needs spotted owls? We can do without a few owls. #spottedowls.
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A comic book panel showing planet Earth in light blue and black in the background, with Superman in the foreground in black and white except for his red cape floating out behind. His back is to the viewer and he is telling the entire planet "I love you."

While I'm certainly a #nature #nerd, I'm a #comicbook nerd too, and some of my most important lessons in #conservation came from #Superman. Read how Supes, #spottedowls, and #psychology intersect at rebeccalexa.com/what-superma... #environmentalism #ecopsychology #hopepunk #comics #environment 🌿