Administration's "recovery plan" would move spotted owls closer to extinction

by Jim Scarborough
Monday, September 3, 2007


The Bush administration's draft recovery plan for the Northern Spotted Owl is fundamentally flawed in that it is not based on the best available science. This is due, in large part, to the inappropriate influence of the “Washington Oversight Committee,” comprised of high-level political appointees. Contrary to assertions from the Fish and Wildlife Service that the plan was based on “new science,” the draft recovery plan contains numerous scientific flaws that render the habitat provisions inconsistent with the best available science.

Read the entire letter from concerned conservation organizations, including OFCO.