Subject: Spotted Owl season
Date: Sep 21 20:25:36 1999
From: Kelly Mcallister - mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov




On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Bruce & Michele wrote:

> The woods are closed to logging in the afternoon right now because it's
> Spotted Owl season. Does anyone know what kind of season it is? Is it
> mating season? Or are the juveniles just now fledging?

It's not a special season for Spotted Owls and I just can't help but feel
that someone is trying to add one more purported restriction on human
freedoms attributed to Spotted Owls when, in fact, it is probably as simple
as "fire danger".

Kelly McAllister
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
District Wildlife Biologist
Thurston and Pierce Counties
mcallkrm at dfw.wa.gov