A new experiment by federal biologists will try to determine if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the spotted owl, which is protected.

By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Jul. 8--The state Forest Practices Board threw its unanimous support Monday behind a group made up primarily of timber industry officials and conservationists to work on spotted owl habitat protection on private forestlands.

By Michael Milstein, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Mar. 6--Federal wildlife officials have dropped controversial plans to sharply reduce the area of critical habitat reserved for the marbled murrelet, a seabird known for standing in the way of Northwest logging.

By Scott Learn, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Jan. 7--Fishing and hunting groups say a Bush administration plan to expand logging on 2.5 million acres in western Oregon could harm fish and prized big game such as Roosevelt elk, blacktail deer and black bear. The U.S.

By Susan Palmer, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore. Oct. 28--They're not much, as Douglas firs go. This little patch on U.S. Bureau of Land Management forest in the Coast Range west of Lorane is young -- 10-year-old trees in a section that was logged from 1996 to 1998 and then replanted.