41.   In a way, these are classic battles between business and the environment, echoing the spotted owl wars in old-growth forests of the Northwest.

42.   In Oregon, the battle over the spotted owl and its habitat pitted environmentalists against those involved in the timber industry in a showdown that gained national attention.

43.   It calls for keeping enough mature stands to support some older-forest species and offer corridors suited to spotted owl and other species.

44.   It sided with the timber industry against the spotted owl, and the tobacco industry against federal regulators.

45.   Many of the prime aspen groves are in areas where the federally protected Mexican spotted owl needs the thick conifer canopy.

46.   More vigorous prosecution of environmental laws and setting aside land to protect the spotted owl had much to do with this.

47.   Murray Pacific found spotted owls in two stands on its tree farm after the bird had won federal protection.

48.   Naturalists used the spotted owl to save old-growth forests in the Northwest, he said.

49.   Most of the proposed area is federal land where logging has already been barred to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.

50.   Mule deer, salmon, trout, northern spotted owls and many other species are expected to decline.