1.   According to environmental writer Gregg Easterbrook, as many as ten thousand pairs of spotted owls May live in the western states.

2.   One of the consequences has to do with the extirpation of species that the spotted owl dispute has Suggested.

3.   The spotted owl nests in the broken tops.

4.   Spotted owls are a protected species.

5.   Similarly the spotted owl.

6.   Like the northern spotted owl, the tiny bird is dependent on old-growth forests.

7.   Under the terms of the Act, the land was protected because of its importance for the northern spotted owl.

8.   Along with the northern and the California varieties, there is also the Mexican spotted owl, which lives in Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico.