Washington plan to kill barred owls a futile waste of money By Ann Donnelly, Clark Country Republican Party The Columbian February 7, 2026 Category: Forestry Region: United States, US West Quietly, garnering little public attention, armed federal agents of the US Fish and Wildlife Service are seeking to shoot every barred owl in Pacific Northwest forests. The grisly plan exemplifies government at its most misguided. Barred owls are being condemned for being invasive. But are they?