Trump Administration Agrees to Redo Spotted Owl Protections

A federal wildlife service agreed to reevaluate critical habitat areas for the threatened Northern Spotted Owl as part of a settlement with logging groups.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service will submit a revised rule for the species “that identifies areas being considered for exclusion,” under the Endangered Species Act, according to an agreement filed Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia.

• Two groups — The American Forest Resource Council and Association of O&C Counties — sued the agency last year to open 3.5 million acres of federal land for tree cutting, alleging the Biden administration ...