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Spotted owl advocates pipe up over Whistling Ridge wind farm proposal

They ask federal agency to reconsider its finding

By Kathie Durbin
Published: October 5, 2011, 5:00pm

Five conservation groups have asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to formally reconsider its finding that a proposed wind project in Skamania County would not harm the northern spotted owl. In a letter to the agency sent Wednesday, the groups cite a biologist’s report that nine owl sightings near the proposed wind turbine sites were documented in surveys last year.

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