California Spotted Owl Conservation Objectives Report

California Spotted Owl Conservation Objectives Report
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This Conservation Objectives Report (COR) assesses and summarizes the needs of CSO, describes broad conservation objectives, and makes recommendations to reduce and/or ameliorate stressors to the species. This report is not meant to be prescriptive, but rather to inform range-wide, mixed-ownership and multiple-use land conservation strategies.

Author(s)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
Type of document
Guidance
Facility
a male and female biologists drag a net through a shallow pond to catch California tiger salamander larvae
Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office
The Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office focuses on plant and wildlife conservation in 38 counties spanning California’s Central Valley, San Joaquin Valley, western Sierra Nevada, and Sonoma and Central coastlines. Our large jurisdiction gives us the opportunity to work with diverse partners, and...
Conservation Office
Sacramento,CA
Program
A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
Program
Baileys Crossroads,VA
Species
An adult California spotted owl sits on a tree branch looking at the camera

Spotted Owls are large, have a round head with no ear tufts and dark eyes. White spots on brown plumage are the source of the name for the species. Juveniles are like adults.

References cited in Species Profile

Cornell Lab of Ornithology. 2015. Spotted Owl....
FWS Focus
Species
Kingdom
Animalia
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Subspecies