Intrinsic Value
Saying that an object has intrinsic value means that, even though it has no specific use, market, or monetary value, it nevertheless can be valuable in and of itself and for its own sa...
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Northern Spotted Owl
The northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) is one of three subspecies of the spotted owl (Strix occidentalis). Adults are brown, irregularly spotted with white or lig...
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A team of Pacific Northwest scientists has recommended capturing many or all of British Columbia's remaining northern spotted owls and breeding them at zoos throughout the region in an effort to pr...
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The Bush administration proposes cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl.The move could reopen the 1990s debate over timber ...
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The Bush administration's plans for saving the northern spotted owl from extinction have flunked a peer review by scientists.Under a contract with the administration, the Society for Conservation B...
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A few hundred aggressive cousins of the threatened northern spotted owl may be killed by government agents with shotguns under a proposed federal plan.The spotted owl was listed as threatened 17 ye...
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A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday to stop Weyerhaeuser Co. from logging in spotted owl habitat on four parcels of private land in Washington.U.S. District Judge Marsha J. Pe...
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You may have heard the one about the guy camping in the woods who was caught by game warden cooking up a Spotted Owl he'd shot. When taken to court, the judge asked, "Don't you know the Spotted Owl...
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A wildfire that has burned about 3,900 acres of grass, brush and wooded areas in Sequoia National Forest was about 30 percent contained Tuesday afternoon, but officials worried about winds predicte...
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An Oregon senator is threatening to filibuster a must-pass spending bill if Congress does not extend payments to rural counties hurt by cutbacks in federal logging."The federal government has an ob...
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A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act when it approved a 22,000-acre logging project that affects northern spotted owl hab...
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Save the species, save a buck. Landowners frustrated by the Endangered Species Act might get a carrot instead of the stick under a proposed revision of the law that would offer them tax incentives ...
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Intrinsic Value
Scientists advise capturing spotted owls
