spotted owls

Legal Intervention Defends Northern Spotted Owl Habitat

February 2, 2026May 21, 2025 by Claire Barber

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2025 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands, (541) 434-1463Chelsea Stewart-Fusek, Center for Biological DiversitySusan Jane Brown, Silvix ResourcesTom Wheeler, Environmental Protection Information CenterSydney Wilkins, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands CenterJohn Persell, Oregon WildDavid Woodsmall, Western Environmental Law CenterJoe Liebezeit, Bird Alliance of OregonDave Werntz, Conservation NorthwestKimberly Baker, Klamath Forest Alliance PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups … Read more

Time’s up: Feds missed deadlines for years, harming imperiled northern spotted owls

August 1, 2025December 8, 2020 by nsc425

December 8, 2020 — Today, a group of wildlife advocates filed a complaint in federal district court against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) for falling to take multiple actions required by the Endangered Species Act to protect the northern spotted owl from extinction.

Climbing the Quartz Timber Sale

August 7, 2017 by nsc425

The Quartz Timber sale is an 847-acre logging project set to take place in the Umpqua National Forest. The timber sale proposes to commercially log and burn older forest in the Cottage Grove Ranger District. We believe that insufficient consideration was given to the presence of imperiled spotted owls and red tree voles, both species … Read more

Suit Filed to Prevent Old-Growth Logging Near Rogue River

July 31, 2025June 27, 2017 by nsc425

June 27, 2017 — Today a coalition of conservation organizations representing tens of thousands of Oregonians filed a lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) seeking to halt the “Lower Grave” old-growth timber sale located on the Grave Creek tributary to the Rogue River. This illegal logging project proposes to log fire-resilient old-growth forests currently serving as a critical refuge for the northern spotted owl, Coho salmon and red tree voles.

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