Barred Owl Removal: What Let Up to It and What to Look for Going Forward
Join the Redwood Region Audubon Society for a program by EPIC’s Executive Director, Tom Wheeler, entitled “Barred Owl Removal: What Let Up to It and What to Look for Going Forward.” Should we kill non-native barred owls to save the native northern spotted owl? Animal rights groups are in court to challenge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s “Barred Owl Management Strategy,” which proposes barred owl removal in strategic areas of the northern spotted owl’s range. The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) and other traditional conservation organizations have intervened in these lawsuits to defend barred owl removal. Tom Wheeler, executive director of EPIC, will present on the impact of barred owl invasion on spotted owls, the results of experimental barred owl removals, EPIC’s litigation to protect habitat and to forward barred owl removal, and why he (a vegan for over 18 years) supports barred owl removal.
Tom began working for EPIC in 2014 as the Program & Legal Coordinator, and has since moved up the ranks to Executive Director. When he’s not nerding out over the Endangered Species Act (his all-time favorite law), Tom is probably plunking the banjo, playing pickleball with his wife Jenna, or petting his cats.
Programs are held at Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Road, Arcata, or via the Zoom link www.rras.org. Drinks and goodies are served at 7:00 p.m., the program begins at 7:30.
Photo:
Tom Wheeler by Clary Zulette
DATES/TIMES
- Thursday : 7 p.m.
WHERE
PRICE
- Free
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