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December 2, 2012
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Editorial: Will spotted owl actually recover under plan?

Douglas County got more bad news this past week. Its future livelihood will continue to be affected by a threatened and dwindling species, the northern spotted owl. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its latest plan for helping the spotted owl recover so it would no longer need the protection of the Endangered Species Act. That plan nearly doubles the acreage set aside in a previous plan as critical habitat for spotted owls, and that means more logging restrictions on 9.6 million acres in Oregon, Washington and California. To put it in perspective, the Umpqua National Forest that covers …

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The News-Review Updated Dec 3, 2012 01:32PM Published Dec 13, 2012 11:27AM Copyright 2012 The News-Review. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.