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Don Ryan Originally published on February 2, 2021 4:59 pm Western Democrats in Congress want a federal investigation into the Trump administration’s decision to remove northern spotted owl protections across vast stretches of Northwest forestland. The letter states the decision was a far cry from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal in August to reduce the owl’s critical habitat by 200,000 acres. The lawmakers want an immediate review of the decision to determine whether then-Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt ignored scientific recommendations made by staff. “In less than two brief years under David Bernhardt’s leadership, the Department has been mired in one ethical scandal after another. Bernhardt and his loyalists have demonstrated a willingness to insert themselves into the scientific process in order to achieve preferred policy outcomes, withhold information from the public, and even mislead Congress,” the lawmakers wrote.

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