West Coast counties joined with forest product companies Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s designation of critical habitat for the threatened northern spotted owl.

the previous definition prevented acts like cutting down swaths of old-growth forests in Northern California and the Pacific Northwest where federally threatened northern spotted owls nest and roost.

Instead, only some trees are cut down. This can involve cutting smaller ... woodpecker of the southeastern U.S. and the northern spotted owl of the Pacific Northwest. Those plants’ and animals ...

Instead, only some trees are cut down. This can involve cutting smaller ... of the southeastern United States and the northern spotted owl of the Pacific Northwest. Those plants’ and animals ...

Instead, only some trees are cut down. This can involve cutting smaller ... woodpecker of the southeastern U.S. and the northern spotted owl of the Pacific Northwest. Those plants’ and animals ...

“They were cutting down the trees which the marbled murrelets ... to well-known cases like the marbled murrelet, Northern spotted owl, California condor and golden eagle. There are several ...