California Spotted Owl recipes

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today (2/10) that the California spotted owl, a native bird found in forests of the Sierra Nevada, the central coast range, and major mountain ranges of southern California, doesn't warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) at this time.

While some study areas show recent declines, the Service found no clear statistical evidence to show that the California spotted owl is declining throughout its range.

The California spotted owl is one of three subspecies of spotted owls. The other subspecies – the northern and Mexican spotted owls – have already been listed by the Service as threatened.

The California spotted owl occurs in conifer and conifer/hardwood forests of California and is found primarily on the west side of the Sierra Nevada from Shasta County south to the Tehachapi Pass.

A complete description of the Service’s finding on the California spotted owl will be published in an upcoming Federal Register. More information on the California spotted owl12-month finding, including a photo, a Q&A and link to the Federal Register notice (when available), can be found on the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office’s Web page, at http://sacramento.fws.gov

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Someone, I believe Carol C. ... has some delicious spotted owl recipes ... and I'm hoping she'll post them here!

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I'm joking ... about the recipes, that is!

It's true, however, the USF&W decided NOT to put the Spotted Owl on the endangered list!

Check out the reasoning on its website.

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yikes- around here, if you want to dance alone, carry an owl feather. everyone will scatter. :chased <img src=http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/uploads/3e4a6f1363bf9stmpdnc.GIF/>

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Those poor owls ought to clear out now - Logging will resume. :sad Same goes for the Wolf. The Govmint is trying to get them off the list, too, so the shooting can commence.:cry

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Ronnie, have you tried my fried koi recipe?

Really tasty!

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It just happens, I do have a recipe for spotted owls. Here you go Charles, you asked for it.

INGREDIENTS; spotted owls, old growth forest, private logging companies, forest fires, U.S Fish & Wildlife and US Forest Services

First PREPARE your work area for a complicated recipe:

Now PEEL political pressure intitated by huge commercial logging interests from U.S. conservation and natural resource agencies.
Be sure to SEPARATE private logging interest's greed and their desire to clear cut forests, from public policies designed to protect public resources.
Take a minute to TOSS OUT all corporate welfare programs that enable huge private companies to exploit public resources for profit.

Now take a deep breath and ADD a large enough budget to US Forestry and Fish & Wildlife Services to allow them to manage public resources, incorporating good conservation policies.
Don't forget to REMOVE artifically overgrown undergrowth to reduce the occurrence of devastating forest fires.

Pour yourself a nice glass of wine, take another deep breath and carefully COMBINE sensible policies with adequate fees for the use of public lands.
STIR IN a measure of practicality that will develop sound policies for logging and preservation of resources.
Be sure to BLEND public and private needs to serve both fairly.

SAVE old growth forest habitat for use by future generations of the spotted owl.
SET ASIDE sections of national forests and allow them to AGE by restricting commercial uses.

Now you are ready to SERVE the Sierra Nevadas, complete with diverse forms of wildlife, to campers, lovers of forests, and all private citizens,
TOP with a healthy dollop of spotted owls.

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I love your avatar...

:sunny

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Yeah, that's the recipe Carol!

Thanks!

I thought you used a food processor, but I guess was mistaken.

One last question, do I have to preheat my oven?

If so, to what temperature! ;)

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Orginally posted by Charles Watts

Yeah, that's the recipe Carol!

Thanks!

I thought you used a food processor, but I guess was mistaken.

One last question, do I have to preheat my oven?

If so, to what temperature! ;)

No food processor. It's not a marguarita, it's a spotted owl.

And the temperatures range from comfortably warm :sunny to below freezing. :winter Whatever suits you.

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Orginally posted by Mary F

I love your avatar...

:sunny

I'm glad you like it. It's a photo of mine, called Star Crossed.

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Carol knows this ... but many of you don't ...

I'm actually upset about the USF&W ruling the other day.

Thankfully they left room to reconsider.

If you read the information on its website, the government agency was actually FORCED to act, because of lawsuit, by Feb. 10. So it said, based on the information collected to date ... the California Spotted Owl didn't make the list.

No doubt in my mind that the California Spotted owl will make the endangered list ... particularly if I keep knocking over the bird's habitat!

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Fried Owl probably tastes like chicken anyway.

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Kentucky Fried Owl? Don't sound right.:)

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Ches, I was thinking more along the lines of:

[b][i]Nevada Fried Owl[b][i]

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Charles
I can go along with that.;)

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Well, if we used the words "Kentucky" and "Fried" we'd probably be sued.

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Well Now you got a good point there.So what we will do is use the words up here at my end of the woods because the lawsuits are not as bad as in your neck of the woods.So how about (kennav Fried Owl):wave

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I always ordered mine "baked" at the Home Builders Association luncheons in California. The fried and sauteed versions on the menu were popular too, but a little too greasy.

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Nice to know you go with the "heart healthy" owl cooking method, George!