PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A group of animal advocacy organizations are calling on the federal government to stop a proposal that aims to save spotted owl populations by killing invasive barred owls in ...

To prevent the extinction of the threatened spotted owl species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill thousands of invasive barred owls across forests in the western U.S. The plan, ...

The federal government issued a plan Wednesday that could eliminate 400,000 barred owls, an invasive species, to protect threatened spotted owls in the western U.S. Barred owls, those that will be ...

A Williamsburg resident brought a hurt owl to the town’s Public Safety Complex Wednesday afternoon, according to first responders. The barred owl was struck by a vehicle coming down Route 143, the ...

In a small, thick, urban forest of mixed Douglas firs, Western red cedar, big tooth maples and shrubs like salmonberry, serviceberry and blackberry, we watched a barred owl for nearly an hour. We were ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill around 15,000 barred owls each year in three Western states to help save the threatened northern spotted owl. An animal welfare group is now in federal ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A group of bipartisan Oregon state lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to stop a federal plan to kill invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest. The ...

I have the unenviable duty to argue for lethally managing barred owls — charismatic and complex creatures to whom we owe consideration and respect, but which are also an invasive species wreaking ...

Many barred owls could die so that northern spotted owls may thrive under a management strategy finalized this week by the Fish and Wildlife Service. With the larger and more aggressive barred owls ...

This list of stories illustrates how owls in Western Washington have sometimes dive-bombed unsuspecting walkers and joggers in parks and on trails. Many attacks happen near nesting areas or during ...