Federal officials are planning to hire hunters with shotguns to exterminate tens of thousands of cat-sized barred owls in California and the Pacific Northwest as the birds "invade" from the east.

The proposal comes as part of the Barred Owl Management Strategy developed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which is officially being implemented in the states of Washington, Oregon and ...

The newcomers’ arrival also threatens to decimate frog and salamander species that barred owls prey on. “It’s not just one owl versus one owl,” David Wiens, a U.S. Geological Survey ...

The Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a plan — kill nearly half a ...

The Barred Owl is considered “invasive” in the Pacific Northwest and it’s pushing the Northern Spotted Owl to extinction. The ...

A 330-page document outlines the Proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

But even amid subsequent logging restrictions on federal land and other conservation measures, spotted owl populations continued to decline as barred owls moved west and then south along the West ...

The Proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy developed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is officially being implemented in Washington, Oregon and California. "If we do nothing ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goal is to kill up to 452,000 barred owls and halt the decline of competing northern spotted owls and California spotted owl s. Courthouse News’ podcast Sidebar ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goal is to kill up to 452,000 barred owls and halt the decline of competing northern spotted owls and California spotted owl s. Killing one bird species to save ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goal is to kill up to 452,000 barred owls and halt the decline of competing northern spotted owls and California spotted owl s. Killing one bird species to save ...