B.C. judge 'wrestling' with 8-month spotted owl protection gap - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News
Federal government decided this month it would not go ahead with an emergency order
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Federal government decided this month it would not go ahead with an emergency order
"As the species hangs on to survival in the country, the federal government will defend its role in delaying emergency measures that could have helped the raptor from disappearing in B.C.’s heavily logged forests".
A court challenge alleges Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault unlawfully delayed an emergency order recommendation for the endangered bird.
Group wants emergency federal order to halt ‘imminent threat’ in Fraser Canyon
VANCOUVER — An environmental group is challenging the federal government's handling of protection for the northern spotted owl, calling an eight-month delay in deciding on an emergency order to prevent logging in the endangered owl's habitat in Briti