Action Alert: Protect Great Gray Owls in Oregon
Posted on Tuesday, January 7th, 2020Protect Great Gray Owls in Oregon: The southern Cascades in Jackson County are home to one of the most significant (and easily observed) populations of Great Gray Owls in Oregon. This population is particularly concentrated in the vicinity of Howard Prairie Lake east of Ashland. Part of that area was included in the 2017 expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, but several adjacent blocks in BLM ownership were left out. Not coincidentally, these have some of the oldest, biggest trees, the most valuable for logging. BLM's Griffin Half Moon timber sale targets those blocks, including areas known to be occupied by Great Gray Owls. KS Wild and the Soda Mountain Wilderness Council are currently engaged in litigation against this sale.