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Make this call in the wild: Should Oregon shoot barred owls to save spotted owls?
The Oregonian ^ | February 05, 2011 | Eric Mortenson,

Posted on 02/09/2011 11:15:51 PM PST by george76

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To: broken_arrow1
an environmental ethicist

???

21 posted on 02/10/2011 3:40:26 AM PST by VRWCtaz (America has Zero to be ashamed of.)
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To: george76

So, what do they do when the barred owl is endangered?

If the spotted owl can’t compete...AMF!


22 posted on 02/10/2011 3:47:14 AM PST by hattend (Obama got his 3am call about Egypt. The call went right to the answering machine.- Sarah Palin)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Not as tasty as fried spotted owls.


23 posted on 02/10/2011 3:57:34 AM PST by Vor Lady
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To: Vor Lady

Give the owls guns and let them fight it out. Survival of the fittest.


24 posted on 02/10/2011 4:36:23 AM PST by hal ogen (1st amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: george76

what’s the point of forcing schools to teach the theory of evolution as fact, a theory that hinges on the concept of natural selection and survival of the fittest.. only to turn around and try to stop evolution from happening right in front of them?

oh wait.. democrats. nothing they do makes any sense anyway.


25 posted on 02/10/2011 4:46:35 AM PST by absolootezer0 (2x divorced tattooed pierced harley hatin meghan mccain luvin' REAL beer drinkin' smoker ..what?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

“”Are barred owls tasty?””

Dunno, but if they are, they’d be a heck of a meal. Had one perched on the clothesline post by my pack door this past fall, and that sucker was BIG.

The owls eat well around here; we have voles out the whazoo, squirrels - red, grey, and flying - chipmunks, and lots of field mice.


26 posted on 02/10/2011 6:01:03 AM PST by Peet (Leftists think personal liberty is so important it must be carefully rationed.)
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To: george76

If Mother Nature wants to wipe out the Spotted Owl by sending in Barred Owls, then that’s how it should be.
We should not interfere, unless it gets in the way of lumbering.


27 posted on 02/10/2011 6:08:22 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016)
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To: george76
This "loss of habitat" is such a tired old canard...

From the Oregon Department of Forestry:

Oregon Forestation c. 1850

Oregon Forestation 2010

28 posted on 02/10/2011 6:12:29 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Uncle Miltie
"Are barred owls tasty?"

Haven't had a turkey for Thanksgiving in years...


29 posted on 02/10/2011 6:15:02 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Great pic. What a beautiful bird.


30 posted on 02/10/2011 6:30:16 AM PST by greatplains
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To: Uncle Miltie
"Are barred owls tasty?"

You have it backwards. The question should be: Are spotted owls tasty? It is well known that the best solution to remediate declining species is to hunt them. Hunted species historically thrive, since the hunters see to it that conditions promoting their prized targets prevail.

31 posted on 02/10/2011 7:27:58 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: george76

Thanks for the ping.

The enviro nazis and so-called biologists basically killed the lumber industry in OR, adversely affected the livelihood of hundreds of thousands in OR and now 30 or so years later they oops!, we made a mistake.

Leave the owls alone to fend for themselves and increase timber sales, maybe they’ll be able to rebuild some mills and create some jobs.


32 posted on 02/10/2011 9:47:11 AM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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now that logging is acknowledged not to be the problem .

Any chances that the communists / ecos will allow logging ?


33 posted on 02/10/2011 11:04:07 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I sincerely doubt it. The enviro nazis knew it was phony then, it was just a means of killing the industry and for the most part they were successful.

At the time there was a large influx of people into OR and they thought cutting timber was terrible because it “raped” the land and looked awful. After all, they moved there to be part of the great outdoors and get away from city life.

If timber sales were about to increase any appreciable amount the nazis would come up with another sham, in fact they probably already have several in mind.


34 posted on 02/10/2011 11:16:40 AM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

We are seeing some allowed USFS logging near homes of the limo-liberals because the beattle killed pine looks ugly and presents a real forest fire problem to those limo-liberal mansions.

Fun to watch as USFS logging is now good , if it is near their mansions.


35 posted on 02/10/2011 11:25:34 AM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Isn’t it strange how they can change their minds so quickly about something that’s put millions out of work but if it is going to affect them they forget about their principles?

They’re hypocritical b*******.


36 posted on 02/10/2011 12:00:59 PM PST by jazusamo (His [Obama's] political base---the young, the left and the thoughtless: Thomas Sowell)
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To: george76; jazusamo; Carry_Okie; girlangler
Belated thanks for the ping, George! Been out in the field but now I'm back for awhile.

I had no idea they were killing the barred owls now. Shocking.

But here is something we should be aware of: Many consider the barred owl and spotted owl to be THE SAME SPECIES! This point is briefly touched upon in the full article, but it doesn't go in depth into this issue. In the Northwest, where the two races come into contatct, they FREQUENTLY interbreed, producing a mixed race that ornithologists call the "sparred owl." No joke. Many in the field consider this active interbreeding to be the chief threat to the pure race known as the "spotted" owl.

But that's the way of nature, isn't it? And I'm truly shocked that some would want to wipe out the pure race of barred owls that are moving south in that region.

Thanks for this post. It's good to know what's going on up there.

37 posted on 02/12/2011 6:37:54 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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