From the Washington Examiner: A bipartisan parliament of House and Senate members today is calling on Congress to kill an expensive plan ordered by former President Joe Biden to shoot 450,000 barred owls bullying the endangered northern spotted owl in Northwest forests.
A resolution being introduced today, led by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in the House and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) in the Senate, would trigger the Congressional Review Act and stop the Biden-era initiative.
In addition to saving the targeted barred owls and letting nature take its course, stopping the shootings could save $1.35 billion. Just one related contract to kill 1,500 birds cost $4.5 million, or $3,000 a bird.
The Fish and Wildlife Service approved the plan in 2023 because the barred owl aggressively competes with the northern spotted owl for nesting areas.
Rep. Nehls declared, “The Biden administration’s Fish and Wildlife Service agency plan to directly kill more than 450,000 barred owls, costing tax dollars over $1.3 billion over the next 30 years, is a waste of Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars.”
Biden’s USFWS agency plan to kill 450,000+ barred owls, costing taxpayers $1.35 billion over the next 30 years, is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
I introduced legislation to stop this Biden-era plan and protect American hard-earned tax dollars.
Read more:https://t.co/EYsDuA0kXP
— Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls) July 23, 2025
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