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Independent scientists will review federal spotted-owl recovery plan

Posted at 4:52 PM on 18 Dec 2007

Under fire for allowing politics to interfere with prudent decision-making about a recovery plan for the Northwest's iconic spotted owl, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is undertaking a "good-faith effort" to have independent scientists review the plan, which in its current form would increase logging in owl habitat. A USFWS spokesperson adds that the review "will be open and transparent." As opposed to, you know, the usual.

source:  The Oregonian