The northern spotted owl is protected under the US Endangered Species Act and has become a key symbol in the intense struggle over the future of the Act. Within its range in western Oregon and Washington, each pair of owls requires about three to eight square kilometres of 250-year-old forest. Only this habitat can give the birds enough large hollow trees for nesting, and an expanse of open understorey to hunt mice and other small mammals. Loggers claim, on the other hand, that protection of the owl's habitat since 1990 has cost 30,000 jobs and forced the closure of 120 mills.
WAYNE LANKINEN/BRUCE COLEMAN LTD
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Forest and Bird, Issue 269, 1 August 1993, Page 6
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105The northern spotted owl is protected under the US Endangered Species Act and has become a key symbol in the intense struggle over the future of the Act. Within its range in western Oregon and Washington, each pair of owls requires about three to eight square kilometres of 250-year-old forest. Only this habitat can give the birds enough large hollow trees for nesting, and an expanse of open understorey to hunt mice and other small mammals. Loggers claim, on the other hand, that protection of the owl's habitat since 1990 has cost 30,000 jobs and forced the closure of 120 mills. WAYNE LANKINEN/BRUCE COLEMAN LTD Forest and Bird, Issue 269, 1 August 1993, Page 6
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