Advocates File Lawsuit to Overturn Trump-Era Permit to Kill Spotted Owls
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023
EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 10 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023:
The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, challenged a 50-year U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) permit issued to Sierra Pacific Industries, the nation's largest private landowner, to "take" northern spotted owls, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since 1990.
The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC), represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, challenged a 50-year U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) permit issued to Sierra Pacific Industries, the nation's largest private landowner, to "take" northern spotted owls, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since 1990.