Interior Department Withdraws 2008 Critical Habitat Designation for the Northern Spotted Owl

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Department will ask a Federal District Court to vacate the Fish and Wildlife Service’s 2008 revision of designated critical habitat for the spotted owl under the Endangered Species Act, because Interior’s Inspector General determined that the decisionmaking process for the owl’s recovery plan was potentially jeopardized by improper political influence.

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