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...that the spotted owl has joined the dam-busting snail darter on the endangered-species list, President Bush wants to dilute the act that protects them. Some other denizens...
...Administration presented a partial -- and controversial -- plan to protect the northern spotted owl, a threatened species...
Despite mostly good news from Washington, the northern spotted owl is still out on a limb. Last week, only four days after the bird was declared a threatened species, the Bush Administration presented its plan to save the owl, preserve the ancient forest it inhabits in the Pacific Northwest and protect timber-industry jobs all at the same time. In fact, both environmentalists and loggers say, the plan does none of the above...
...timber industry took a blow last week when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally added the northern spotted owl to the federal list of threatened species. Protecting the bird could mean preserving an additional 3 million acres of the old-growth forest it inhabits, which loggers say will threaten 28,000 jobs over the next decade...
...existing timber contracts will not be affected, which means thousands of acres of forest will fall. Then, it may take up to a year before the Federal Government completes its recovery plan for the owl, which leaves ample time for political maneuvering. If the Administration yields to industry pressures, the listing of the owl could amount to little more than paying lip service to the Endangered Species...