Spotted Owl (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Spotted Owl

Caption

Spotted owls, native to the old-growth forests of the West Coast, have already lost much of their former habitat to logging. Without active forest management, the birds now risk losing even more of their remaining habitat to wildfire, a new paper argues.

Credit

Tom Munton photo

Usage Restrictions

Photo can be used, with credit, in stories about the associated UC Berkeley study

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.