Beyond the Spotted Owl
William Dwyer, the judge who years ago curtailed logging in order to protect the spotted owl, recently issued a ruling that blocks about 50 timber sales – enough wood to build about 15 thousand homes. This time the ruling is about protecting some less charismatic
species: mosses, salamanders and even slugs. From member station KUOW in Seattle, Orlando DeGuzman (day-gooz-MON) reports.
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