Readers respond: Reverse Eastside Screens changes Updated Feb 21, 2021; After the Trump administration in January cut millions of acres of habitat protections for the northern spotted owl, it is heartening to see Sen. Jeff Merkley, Sen Ron Wyden and Rep. Earl Blumenauer pushing for an investigation of this decision (“Last-minute removal of spotted owl protections by Trump administration deserves investigation, NW Democrats say,” Feb. 2). There is another pressing environmental issue in Oregon that isn’t getting as much publicity but deserves our immediate attention and that affects an area almost three times as large as the land at play in the spotted owl decision: the Trump administration’s amendments to the Eastside Screens rule.