A spokesperson for the province s Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development told
Canada s National Observer “there are nesting pairs” of western screech owls, which are listed as threatened under the federal Species at Risk Act, in the area.
In the coming days, staff will attempt to find any owl nests, the ministry said, adding that Teal-Jones, the logging company that operates cutblocks in the area, has hired a wildlife professional to help find them and is delaying harvest within 500 metres of sighting locations until after nesting season.
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