2008 Final Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl
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News Release
Questions and Answers
Final Recovery Plan
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Responses to Comments
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Audio clip (MP3) of the Northern Spotted Owl Final Recovery Plan media telephone conference (10:00 a.m. PT -- May 16, 2008) (46:12 min - 5.28MB)
Link to Oregon Public Broadcasting's, news story - Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Spotted Owl Plan
Link to Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think Out Loud feature, "Spotty Recovery" (52-minute talk show - 24MB)
2007 Draft Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl
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Background on Recovery Planning for the Northern Spotted Owl
Status: listed
as threatened in 1990
Critical Habitat : designated
in 1992
Proposed Revised Critical Habitat: June 12, 2007
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) began the development
of a recovery plan for the northern spotted owl. The northern spotted
owl was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1990,
and critical habitat was designated in 1992. In 1994, the Northwest
Forest Plan became the cornerstone for conserving the northern spotted
owl on 24.4 million acres of Federal land in Oregon, Washington and California.
 The
recent publication of numerous comprehensive reviews and reports on the
status of the northern spotted owl throughout its range present an opportunity
to incorporate the most current and best available scientific information
into a recovery plan for the species. The recovery plan addresses actions needed to recover the northern spotted owl throughout its range
and sets specific recovery criteria for delisting. It also addresses new threats that have arisen since the owl was listed, including
the range expansion of the barred
owl into traditional spotted owl habitat.
The Final Recovery Plan is largely based on existing materials. Examples
of these materials include the Northwest
Forest Plan , Sustainable
Ecosystems Institute's (SEI's) “Scientific Evaluation of the Status of
the Northern Spotted Owl” report , results of the Service's November
2004 Northern Spotted Owl 5-year Review , the final Northern
Spotted Owl Demographic Report , the Status
and Trends of Northern Spotted Owls Populations and Habitat (Northwest
Forest Plan 10-Year Report), and the 1992 Final Draft Recovery Plan for the Northern Spotted Owl (Volume 1 [16 kb] and Volume II, Appendices [21 kb].
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