The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has embarked on a controversial control program to protect federally endangered Northern and California Spotted Owls (Stix occidentalis spps.) from displacement by the Barred Owl (Strix varia), a species native to eastern and Midwest north America. Barred Owls have been successfully competing with and displacing the federally protected Spotted Owl throughout the Pacific Northwest for many years. The FWS plans to kill up to 450,000 Barred Owls over the next 30 years to help prevent the feared extinction of the Spotted Owl. The program has been either supported or opposed by a variety of conservation organizations and individuals. 

Join us at 7pm Wednesday January 14, 2026 for a special presentation, debating this controversial Barred Owl population control program! Tom Wheeler (Executive Director, Environmental Protection Information Center, Arcata, CA), and Stephen Hernick (Managing Attorney, Wildlife Law Program of Friends of Animals, Greenwood Village, CO) will (calmly) provide opposing viewpoints on this hot topic. 

Location: Turtle Bay Nursery Classroom, 1100 Arboretum Dr, Redding, CA 96003

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Barred Owl

Sharon Clay has been the Curator of Animal Programs at Turtle Bay for over fifteen years. During that time she has assembled an incredible showcase of animals that are unable to be released back into the wild. These include several species of birds ranging from the Golden Eagle, Turkey Vulture and Barn Owl to the Yellow-billed Magpie and her long time friend Kinta, the Laughing Kookaburra. Sharon has graciously given us the opportunity to visit her at “The Mill Building” in Turtle Bay to meet these amazing birds, learn all about them and experience them close up, some as they fly across the room! This will be an in-person presentation that you won’t want to miss. Watching it later on YouTube just won’t be the same. This event is free. A donation box will be available. Please consider a donation for this special event!
Park at the monolith adjacent to the Sheraton Hotel at Turtle Bay no later than 6:45 pm to access the gate to enter the park for this 7pm meeting. We will direct you to the Mill Building.

Barred Owl

Sharon Clay has been the Curator of Animal Programs at Turtle Bay for over fifteen years. During that time she has assembled an incredible showcase of animals that are unable to be released back into the wild. These include several species of birds ranging from the Golden Eagle, Turkey Vulture and Barn Owl to the Yellow-billed Magpie and her long time friend Kinta, the Laughing Kookaburra. Sharon has graciously given us the opportunity to visit her at “The Mill Building” in Turtle Bay to meet these amazing birds, learn all about them and experience them close up, some as they fly across the room! This will be an in-person presentation that you won’t want to miss. Watching it later on YouTube just won’t be the same.
Park at the monolith adjacent to the Sheraton Hotel at Turtle Bay no later than 6:45 pm to access the gate to enter the park for this 7pm meeting. We will direct you to the Mill Building.