Executive Summary: Experimental Removal of Barred Owls to Benefit Threatened Northern Spotted Owls Final Environmental Impact Statement

This Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) describes and evaluates nine alternatives for an experimental removal of northern barred owls (Strix varia varia) (barred owl) on a scale sufficient to determine if the removal would increase northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) (spotted owl) site occupancy and improve population trends. Results from these experiments would be used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) to inform future decisions on potential long-term management strategies for barred owls.

Publication date

Jul 1, 2013

Type of document

Policy

Facility

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office is part of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ecological Services program. We work closely with partners to conserve fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats throughout Oregon for future generations.

Conservation Office

Portland,OR

Bend,OR

Newport,OR

Roseburg,OR

Program

Ecological Services

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

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)

ESA status: threatened (June 1990)

The northern spotted owl is the largest of three subspecies of spotted owls, and inhabits structurally complex forests from southwestern British Columbia, through Washington and Oregon, and into northern California. The northern...

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Species

Kingdom

Animalia

Taxonomic Rank

Subspecies

Barred Owl (Strix varia)

Species

Kingdom

Animalia

Taxonomic Rank

Species