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Originally Posted by UncleAl
The spotted owl is an endangered species. No gene-geneered Franken-forests. No active pest management- toxic!
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UncleAl, I can agree that wood is not a viable source of energy for many of the reasons you listed... but this one is nonsense. Cutting down trees is not the biggest factor affecting the spotted owl. Remember the pictures of spotted owls in Kmart signs after select cutting in Oregon was allowed? Something else is affecting the spottred owl, and most likely it is not man.
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Scientists are not sure what is causing the declines, but
possible factors include invasion of the spotted owl's habitat by the barred owl, an aggressive cousin from Canada that often drives them off, Lint said. Habitat lost to past logging, as well as wildfires, climate changes and insect infestations are also factors, he said.
The plan also failed to provide the expected timber supply and replace lost timber jobs with jobs in small towns near federal forest lands as promised,
said Thomas Quigley, director of the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station.
"Many of the impacts were different than predicted," he said."
