U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Status Assessment and Conservation Plan for the Western Burrowing Owl in the United States Biological Technical Publication BTP-R6001-2003 © Michael Forsberg U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Status Assessment and Conservation Plan for the Western Burrowing Owl in the United States Biological Technical Publication BTP-R6001-2003 David S. Klute1,7 William H. Howe4 Steven R. Sheffield6,9 Loren W. Ayers2,8 Stephanie L. Jones1 Tara S. Zimmerman3 Michael T. Green3 Jill A. Shaffer5 1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, Nongame Migratory Bird Program, Denver, CO 2 Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 3 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Nongame Migratory Bird Program, Portland, OR 4 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2, Nongame Migratory Bird Program, Albuquerque, NM 5 U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND 6 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, Arlington, VA 7 Current Address: Colorado Division of Natural Resources 8 Current Address: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 9 Current Address: George Mason University Author contact information: For additional copies or information, contact: Nongame Migratory Bird Program David S. Klute, (Current address) Colorado Division U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of Wildlife, 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216. P.O. Box 25486 DFC Phone: (303) 291-7320, Fax: (303) 291-7456, Denver, CO 80225-0486 e-mail:
[email protected]. Recommended citation: Loren W. Ayers, (Current address) Bureau of Klute, D. S., L. W. Ayers, M. T. Green, W.