“After decades of effort to safeguard declining burrowing owl populations in California, the species has finally been afforded interim state protections where they’re most needed — at least for the ...

“We GPS every burrow that we mark and put it in the city records, so if anybody pulls a permit, they know that there’s a burrowing owl living on there,” said Saltonstall. “As the city gets ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— In response to a March 2024 petition by conservation groups, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife has found that protecting the western burrowing owl under the California ...