The following are the comments received by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Experimental Removal of Barred Owls to Benefit Threatened Northern Spotted Owls. stuart phillips To: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> cc: Subject: RE: Draft Barred Owl Removal Experiment EIS is available on our 03/01/2012 03:44 PM website dont kill anything just stop logging old mature native growth! No brainer! "Wildhaven.Rehabilitatio To: [email protected] [email protected]" cc: <wildhaven.rehabilitation Subject: barred owl removal 03/02/2012 09:11 AM All life on this planet is ever-changing and transitory. Species rise and decline world-wide on a minute-by-minute scale. This is nature adapting to the world as it now exists and as man has changed it. One of the ways people have changed the Spotted Owl environment is deforestation. They thrive in old-growth, undisturbed environments. The owl species that have adapted to these changes are the ones that will survive, regardless of temporary predation measures. These short-term plans will not ensure the continuation of the Spotted Owl species unless it can better adapt to its changing environment, an ability it seems to lack. To harm one adaptable species to protect another will only leave a temporary "vacuum" that will soon be filled by the adaptable species again. I am a federally and state permitted wildlife rehabilitator, an avocation I have pursued for 20 years. All life is sacred to me, regardless of its scarcity or abundance. I understand there are those groups and individuals who put pressure for this type of program, however, man cannot dictate what nature will do. A plan like this may pacify some temporarily, but will ultimately fail and cause long-term damage. I will be sad if these beautiful birds become extinct, but that is the way of nature and of evolution. Adapt or die might be a hard concept for many, but that is the reality of life in the wild, no matter how much people interfere. Diana Soderstrom Wildhaven Rehabilitation Center Ponca City, OK "Dan Upton" To: <[email protected]> <[email protected] cc: > Subject: Barred Owl Shooting 03/02/2012 11:57 AM Dear Sirs, I am opposed to shooting of Barred Owls in an effort to save Spotted Owls. It just doesn’t make sense to shoot one species to help a second, less competitive species…A number of years ago Jack Ward Thomas commented that within 100 years the Spotted Owl would become extinct regardless of how much the species was propped up. I view the Barred Owl presence as a naturally occurring process that should be left alone. Thanks for the opportunity to comment. Dan Upton Forester "Terri Coppersmith" To: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> cc: Subject: Objection to Barred Owl EIS 03/02/2012 08:51 PM Dear FWS: The damage to the Spotted Owl has already been done by allowing the destruction of its habitat in the first place. Barred Owls are better adapted than Spotted Owls to the type of forest available in the area now. Killing another species in certain areas just compounds the problem: then two species will have been harmed. Where's the sense in that? Or the humanity? Another thing to consider: since the habitat involved is more suited to Barred Owls, how long do you think it would take before other Barred Owls discovered the newly unoccupied territory and migrated back in? Do you plan to periodically go back and wipe them out again in a few years? And again? And how wide a buffer zone of slaughter would it take to prevent that? You people really need to re-think this. A more viable solution might be to attempt release of Spotted Owls into suitable habitat - where ever that may be. If there are no longer extensive tracts of old-growth forest suitable for the Spotted Owl in a given area, then they are probably doomed in that area. So find another. Surely with so many so-called experts working on the problem, there can be a better alternative found than wholesale slaughter. Sincerely, Dave & Terri Coppersmith Westminster, Md. 21158 Vicki Riley To: [email protected] <[email protected]> cc: Subject: Barred Owl EIS: 03/09/2012 06:14 PM Nature is not static. Natural situations change constantly. Whether it is amount of rainfall, volcanic action, earthquakes, redistribution of plant seeds, or expanding or shrinking territory of a bird or animal, the situation changes. Why not just let the barred owl take over? The spotted owl is sweet, but not sacred. Shouldn't the more vigorous species be allowed to thrive, and the weaker one take whatever defensive action it can? I see no reason at all for the US government to play god with animal populations. If the barred owl is a more successful species, it should be allowed the territory. Vicki Riley Box 389 Douglas City, CA, 96024 usacitizen1 usacitizen1 To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> 03/11/2012 05:32 AM cc: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> Subject: public commnent on federal register - horror of mankind killing more owls is disgusting - this agency has gone off the deep end - let the owls take care of themselves - get the madmen out of it america has madmen working in our fws. they thinkthey are god and they go out to kill species based on stupidity. we have mismanagement in fws. there is noneed to spend tax dollars on sending our mad men to kill any owl species no need at all. those mad menshould instead be saving land for the owls to live on instead of participating in allowing endless logging all over the place. the efforts of this agencfy have gone way way off what was chartered for thisagency. i cannot believe the stupidity of this latest murderous killing scheme by the nra affiliated usfws. i thouroughly oppose this wasteful,useless mismanagement action of killing some owl species on teh misguided notion that you are helping other owls, or are you really helping the nra and anti environment people whowant environmental destruction. i think the latter. jean public usacitizen1 usacitizen1 To: <[email protected]> <[email protected]> cc: Subject: this plan to murder spotted owls to allegedly save barred owls makes no 03/11/2012 05:51 AM sense - i thoroughly oppose any man made kiling of any species there are mad men working at fws these days. jean public the management seems to be part of the nra w2 rivers To: <[email protected]> <[email protected] cc: > Subject: FW: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Experimental Removal of Barred Owls To Benefit Threatened Northern Spotted Owl 03/13/2012 04:43 PM Subject: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Experimental Removal of Barred Owls To Benefit Threatened Northern Spotted Owl Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 16:45:16 -0800 So far Fish and wildlife Service has done little in it's effort to provide more spotted owls other than putting many foresters out of work and therefore providing more or better habitat for barred owls. I suggest under FWS regulations the agency has demonstrated that it can be no more effect the process of natural selection then it would have been to reduce loggers by lethal methods. Shooting barred owls is a "un-natural" processes and no more right than it would be to restrict conflicts between man and wolves by shooting man and his farm animals. NWS believes it is a natural process to re-introduce wolves in a environment substantially changed by mans activities and allow wolves to compete with man for wildlife and livestock. Therefore I would conclude that it is contrary to NWS process and policies to kill barred owls to protect another wild species. I do not agree with this plan as it conflicts with natural processes, ignores natural extinction processes, and and has unknown consequences which, based on record breaking returning salmon numbers, indicates NWS is not in a position to replace God, had nothing to do with increases, and cannot determine why all things change in time. Rich Weaver 53254 Stateline Road Milton Freewater, OR 97862 "J.Brian Fiacco" To: [email protected] <[email protected]> cc: Subject: Spotted Owl/Barred Owl EIS 03/15/2012 11:33 AM It's not nice to mess with Mother Nature. Let Her work her way. -- J Brian Fiacco Timberland Strategies LLC 460 Wild Cherry Ln Summerville SC 29483 [email protected] Phone: 843.475.1341 Web site: Timberland Strategies Blog: The Timberland Blog Realtor and Timberland Investment Specialist Brand Name Real Estate/ Timberland Strategies Rick Krause To: [email protected] <[email protected]> cc: Subject: No killing Barred Owl's 03/19/2012 02:13 PM Killing one species for another was never the intention of the Endangered Species Act. The Barred Owl and Spotted Owl are cousins, and have been know to inter bread. I am totally apposed to the kill Rick Krause Madras, Or================================== s jackieywilson@comcast. To: [email protected] net cc: Subject: Re: Barred Owl Removal Experiment DEIS available 03/20/2012 10:07 AM I do not agree with shooting barred owls. I hope spotted owls will survive, but we don't live on an island so killing barred owls would have to go on forever. Jackie Wilson Adele Bingham To: [email protected] <adelefbingham@gmail. cc: com> Subject: "DIS request" 03/29/2012 07:54 PM Re: Barred Owl EIS Request Please send paper copy to Dick and Adele Bingham 1422 Copper Loop E.
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