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Northern Spotted Owl Critical Habitat


Northern Spotted Owl
Photo: NPS

The Fish and Wildlife Service approved several timber sales in areas nominally protected as critical habitat for the northern spotted owl. Earthjustice sued to stop the sales. In February 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of appeals ruled that the FWS violated the Endangered Species Act when it approved the sales.

Cascadia Wildlands Project
Friends of Living Oregon Waters
Headwaters
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Oregon Wild


Last Updated: June 30, 2010
Case Number # 5674