Owl's critical habitat cut dramatically

摘要

Wielding the bureaucratic equivalent of a chain saw, the Fish and Wildlife Service has slashed more than 3million additional acres from the threatened northern spotted owl's designated critical habitat.In an unexpectedly dramatic move, the federal agency excluded 3,472,064 acres, mostly in Oregon, from thebird's critical habitat designated under the Endangered Species Act. The final amount soared well beyond the204,653 acres proposed for exclusion in August (Greenwire, Aug. 10, 2020).