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Trump administration slashes imperiled spotted owls' habitat

by Gillian Flaccus
| January 13, 2021 4:31 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday that it would slash millions of acres of protected habitat designated for the imperiled northern spotted owl in Oregon, Washington state and Northern California, much of it in prime timber locations in Oregon’s coastal ranges.

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