spotted owl Archives

Red Hill Grove provides critical habitat for a wide variety of rare, threatened and endangered species, including the northern spotted owl. Photo by Tom Kogut/USFS, Flickr Creative Commons

Celebrating 50 years of the Endangered Species Act

by Kristina Malsberger on December 21, 2023

Oil prices were skyrocketing. Gerald Ford was stepping into Spiro Agnew’s tarnished VP shoes. The Exorcist was nominated for Best Picture. Such was the national landscape on December 28, 1973, when President Richard Nixon signed one of the country’s most …

Our 10 favorite birds of the redwoods

by Save the Redwoods League on January 19, 2022

favorite birds of the redwood forest

We Can Halt Animal Extinction by Restoring Forests

by Ruskin Hartley on July 17, 2012

To prevent species extinctions it is necessary to take advantage of the window of opportunity for forest regeneration. Restored forests gradually recover species richness.