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Interior Department urged to redo recovery plan for spotted owl

Posted at 3:15 PM on 03 Oct 2007

Was the Interior Department's recovery plan for the northern spotted owl watered down because of political pressure to favor logging interests? Six peer reviews of the plan (five of them funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) suggest yes. So do 113 scientists who sent a letter yesterday asking the Interior Department to rewrite its draft plan, which favored shooting spotted owl predators instead of conserving the bird's old-growth forest habitat. So do 23 congressional Democrats who sent a similar letter. What do you think? Let your voice be heard: comment on the plan before the deadline Friday.

sources: The Washington Post, The Oregonian
comment on the plan: 2007 Draft Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl

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