A Rancher's worst nightmare

Remember the spotted owl? As I recall this bird was going extinct if we didn't shut down the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest. It was shut down causing untold economic, social and, with the recent forest fires, ecologic damage. Did it save the owl? Has anyone heard anything lately? The last I heard its relative, the barred owl, was moving in and replacing the spotted owl. Remember the chant of the bureaucrats and Non Government Organizations (NGOs) that we had to save the spotted owl's habitat. At that time their habitat was defined as 'old growth forest'. Now it seems the pri...