Northern Spotted Owl

Recovery

information portal

"Please note: we are transitioning to a comprehensive
website of information on all apsects of northern spotted owl
recovery. This web portal no longer contains the most up-to-date
information and will be phased out over the next few months.
Please visit fws.oregonfwo for more..."

quick links

• Contact Us
• Calendar of Events

survey protocols

• NEW: Safety Guidelines for Conducting
  Spotted Owl Surveys
• 2012 Revision of 2011 Survey Protocol
• Summary of revisions to 2011 protocol
  
• 2011 Oregon/Washington Survey Protocol
• 2011 California Survey Protocol
  ...Errata Sheet for 2011 Survey Protocol (all states)
  ...Q&A for 2011 Survey Protocol (from rollout mtgs)
  
• Spotted Owl Audio File for Surveys
  (use "right click" on file and save as Target or Link)
  
• Spotted Owl Acoustic Abstracts
• Call station placement (Pearson et al. 2010)
• Factors influencing detectability (Kissling et al. (2010)
• Reduced calling in rainy conditions (Lengane and Slater (2002)

Latest News

June 30, 2011 - Final Revised Recovery Plan available More>

December 8, 2010 - The Wildlife Society peer review comments posted to web portal More>

December 8, 2010 - AOU and SCB Peer Review comments posted to the Web Portal More>

November 30, 2010 - FWS provides latest preliminary modeling results More>

September 3, 2010 - Spotted Owl Safe Harbor Agreement Signed More>

September 1, 2010 - Court issues opinion on Recovery Plan Revision More>

December 10, 2009 - FWS to prepare an EIS on the experimental removal of barred owls to benefit the northern spotted owl More>

Photo credit(s): John & Karen Hollingsworth (USFWS). Download the photo from the USFWS National Digital Library.