The owls of de-forest

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The owls of de-forest r1 ... View archive version As many as a thousand spotted owls used to make their home in B.C.'s ancient coastal rainforest.

A survey this year found no breeding pairs in B.C. There could be as few as six remaining in the wild in the province.

What happened?

The habitat has vanished. For 12 years, the B.C. government has steadfastly avoided identification of the owl’s critical habitat, required by the federal recovery strategy, all while allowing logging to continue on across the province.

Biologists are now nurturing individual owls throughout their lives — from incubation to bonding — in an incredible and incredibly expensive attempt to rebuild the population in a captive breeding centre. “The species is now circling the drain,” said U.S. conservation scientist Dominick DellaSala.

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