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- Yakama Nation began culling barred owls on its Washington reservation under the 2024 federal plan that allows killing 450,000 owls in WA, OR and CA.
- The cull aims to protect the northern spotted owl, whose numbers have fallen up to 90 %.
- Wayne Pacelle called the plan “unworkable, inhumane,” seeking a Portland court order to vacate it.
- Yakama biologist Mark Nuetzmann said shotgun removals will run through September 2027 with spotted-owl monitoring.
