A group of federal lawmakers has asked Interior Secretary Burgum to scrap a plan to kills thousands of owls in West Coast states intended to protect another type of owl.

U.S. Forest Service layoffs have upended surveys for spotted owls in Southern and Northern California, threatening data collection for the declining birds.

The northern spotted owl, native to the West Coast region, has been endangered since 1990. The species is listed as Near Threatened under the Endangered Species Act and according to the American ...

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers asked the agency to halt a plan to kill 450,000 barred ...

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers asked the agency to halt a plan to kill 450,000 barred ...

Another flaw in the plan is that barred owls are a native North American species protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act for more than 100 years. Although they are not native to West Coast ...

Barred owls are native to eastern North America and started appearing in the ... Killing one bird species to save others has divided wildlife advocates and is reminiscent of past government ...