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Aug 13, 2008: Seattle Times: "As spotted owl's numbers keep falling, some fear it's doomed"
The northern spotted owl — an endangered icon that spurred a rescue effort so sweeping it brought old-growth logging to a virtual standstill in the Northwest — is now closer than ever to extinction.
Apr 22, 2008: Seattle Times: "Draft owl plan 'deeply flawed,' panel says"
A panel of experts found the Bush administration's plan for assuring the survival of the northern spotted owl was "deeply flawed" in its approach to protecting old-growth-forest habitat from logging and was not entirely based on the best available science.
Jan 09, 2008: The Oregonian: "Shooting one owl to save another"
January 9, 2008; Biologists grappled Tuesday with the realities of shooting barred owls that invade the older forest habitat of federally protected northern spotted owls, a strategy critics say the Bush administration employs to help spotted owls while also trimming away at their preserves in an effort to open up logging.
Dec 18, 2007: PBS NewsHour: "Biologists Struggle to Save the Spotted Owl"
December 18, 2007; Lee Hochberg reports on the battle between biologists and loggers over the northern Spotted Owl. The animal has been on the Endangered Species List for the past 17 years, but is not recovering as expected.
Oct 01, 2007: The Tacoma News Tribune: "Allegations intensify about owl plan"
October 1, 2007; The conclusion by a group of independent scientists that a draft recovery plan for the northern spotted owl was “deeply flawed” has further fueled allegations that the proposal was manipulated by political appointees who were determined to boost logging in Northwest forests.
Aug 05, 2007: The New York Times: "The Owl and the Forest"
August 5, 2007 - The spotted owl, once famously referred to by the first President Bush as “that little furry-feathery guy,” was not exactly a popular little guy among angry timber workers in the Pacific Northwest.
Aug 02, 2007: Seattle Times: "Owl ruling halts logging on 56,000 acres of private land"
August 2, 2007 - A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked Weyerhaeuser from cutting trees on its own land in southwest Washington, saying state logging rules weren't doing enough to protect threatened spotted owls.
Aug 01, 2007: Seattle Times: "Judge blocks logging of privately owned spotted owl habitat"
August 1, 2007; A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction to stop Weyerhaeuser Co. from logging in spotted owl habitat on four parcels of private land in Washington.
Aug 01, 2007: Seattle P-I: "Weyerhaeuser ordered not to log owl habitat"
August 1, 2007 - Injunction forbids work at four sites until Audubon suit is concluded
Jun 27, 2007: Seattle P-I: "Bush Administration: Too cozy by half"
June 27, 2007; The obsequious way a federal agency handled the Weyerhaeuser Co. on spotted owl issues tells a larger story about life under the Bush administration. These times are so sweet for those with money that even when the government is concerned that a company's logging may hurt an endangered species, the corporation gets a chance to edit a letter about those worries.
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