A Fish and Wildlife Service plan to kill scads of barred owls in order to protect the threatened northern spotted owl drew a bipartisan rebuke Monday, as 19 House members urged Interior Secretary Doug Burgum not to pull the trigger.
In a letter led by Republican Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas and Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove of California, the lawmakers informed Burgum that “the spirit of fiscal responsibility and ethical conservation” both argued against pursuing the mass shooting of barred owls.
“This latest plan is an example of our federal government attempting to supersede nature and control environmental outcomes at great cost to American taxpayers,” the lawmakers’ letter stated.
Ten House Republicans and nine Democrats signed the letter.
