In the last half of the Clinton administration, the Forest Service initiated planning for the eight national forests of the Sierra Nevada under the so-called “Sierra Nevada Framework,” just as the ...

Like its cousins the Mexican and northern spotted owls, the California spotted owl is a bellwether of old-growth forests. This owl's classic four-note call was once commonly heard throughout the big ...

In August this year, Fish and Wildlife decided to scale back the northern spotted owl’s protected habitat by 209,000 acres as part of a settlement with a carpenters’ trade union, which depends on wood ...