Hello Tweeters, I just came across this and thought it might be of some
interest. Good to know our representatives are carrying our message. If
this is old news forgive me, my head has been learning biometrics. Do
the data support their claim of 10,000 Northern Spotted Owls? Spring has
sprung this evening with a tremendous chorus of frogs from the soggy
bottomlands. Salmonberries blooming now, expecting hummers any day.

Paul Moorehead
n9135066 at henson.cc.wwu.edu
Guemes Island, Washington


H-1228.2 _______________________________________________

HOUSE JOINT MEMORIAL 4013
_______________________________________________

State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Thompson, Fuhrman, Horn, Cairnes, Goldsmith,
Radcliff, Hargrove, Lisk, Koster, Beeksma, D. Schmidt, Blanton,
Stevens, McMahan, Sheldon, Pennington, B. Thomas, Buck, Benton, Smith,
Mulliken and Honeyford

Read first time 01/31/95. Referred to Committee on Natural Resources.



TO THE HONORABLE BILL CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AND TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
UNITED STATES, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED:
We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of
the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully
represent and petition as follows:
WHEREAS, the Northern spotted owl is currently listed as threatened
under the federal Endangered Species Act; and
WHEREAS, Promoters of this listing contended that spotted owls
require old growth forests in order to survive; and
WHEREAS, This contention has proven to be false, and it is now
known that spotted owls also thrive in second growth forests which have
been logged for over a century; and
WHEREAS, In the 1970's, biologists believed that no more than 1,500
pairs of owls lived in the three-state region of Washington, Oregon,
and California; and
WHEREAS, As of 1993, over 4,000 pairs of Northern spotted owls, as
well as over 2,000 single birds for a total of more than 10,000
Northern spotted owls, have been documented to reside in this region;
and
WHEREAS, Land surveys conducted to be in compliance with the
federal act continue to document the presence of more and more owls;
and
WHEREAS, The presence of so many owls on federal, state, and
private lands is leading to even greater curtailment of timber harvests
in the region; and
WHEREAS, The restriction on logging because of a perceived but
erroneous count of Northern spotted owls is causing severe hardship in
the timber industry in Washington state; and
WHEREAS, The promoters of this listing have an agenda that goes far
beyond protection of this particular species;
NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully ask Congress to take
immediate action to insure that the Northern spotted owl is no longer
listed as either a threatened or endangered species under the federal
Endangered Species Act.
BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately
transmitted to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the United
States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, and each member of Congress from the State of
Washington.


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