The U.S. Forest Service plan is part of a strategy to save endangered spotted owls in Washington, Oregon and California Read ...

FILE - Wildlife technician Jordan Hazan records data from a male barred owl he shot earlier in the night, Oct. 24, 2018, inside a lab in Corvallis, Ore. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) ...

The agency's plan called for more than 2,400 barred owls to be removed this year and for that number to ramp up to more than 15,500 birds annually beginning in 2027.

Bown said barred owl removal could start as early as this fall in the Northern California study area, about 55 miles northeast of Eureka, while barred owl surveys in the other three study areas likely ...

Should the federal government allow people to shoot barred owls to protect the endangered northern spotted owl? That’s a question wildlife officials are asking after the Obama administration announced ...