Spotted Owl - Shasta Birding Society https://shastabirdingsociety.org A Wintu Country Chapter of the National Audubon Society Mon, 08 Dec 2025 05:13:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 A Hot Topic for Shasta Birding Society’s January 14th, 2026 program!! https://shastabirdingsociety.org/events/a-hot-topic-for-shasta-birding-societys-january-14th-2026-program/ Thu, 15 Jan 2026 03:00:00 +0000 https://shastabirdingsociety.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=9148 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 […]

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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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The post A Hot Topic for Shasta Birding Society’s January 14th, 2026 program!! appeared first on Shasta Birding Society.]]> Barred Owl Range Expansion into California and the Impacts on the Spotted Owl https://shastabirdingsociety.org/events/barred-owl-range-expansion-into-california-and-the-impacts-on-the-spotted-owl/ https://shastabirdingsociety.org/events/barred-owl-range-expansion-into-california-and-the-impacts-on-the-spotted-owl/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.wintuaudubon.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=6348 Spotted Owls, to themselves no more upsetting than robins, have become a focal point of human controversy in the Pacific Northwest.  Most recently, the Barred Owl invasion is negatively impacting them.  Stephanie Houtman, Environmental […]

The post Barred Owl Range Expansion into California and the Impacts on the Spotted Owl appeared first on Shasta Birding Society.]]> Spotted Owls, to themselves no more upsetting than robins, have become a focal point of human controversy in the Pacific Northwest.  Most recently, the Barred Owl invasion is negatively impacting them.  Stephanie Houtman, Environmental Planner/Biologist for Caltrans, will present an in-depth history and natural history of Northern Spotted Owls.  Her discussion will include the owl’s decline and the impacts of Barred Owls as well as forestry, regulation, and fire.  This is an opportunity to learn of this substantial interface of conflicting demands and conditions in our own backyard.

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Topic: Wintu Audubon Presentation: Spotted Owls and Barred Owls

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