Several Oregon lawmakers are calling on the incoming administration to nix a plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls on the West Coast, citing the cost and infeasibility.
In a letter sent Tuesday, the lawmakers said the federal plan that calls for specially trained hunters to kill 450,000 barred owls over 30 years would cost $1.35 billion – or $45 million per year – and is “thoroughly impractical.”
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📸: Frank Lospalluto
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