Biden plan to shoot 450,000 owls at $3,000 each under fire

Published July 23, 2025 12:03pm ET



A bipartisan parliament of House and Senate members today is calling on Congress to kill an expensive plan ordered by former President Joe Biden to shoot 450,000 barred owls bullying the endangered northern spotted owl in Northwest forests.

A resolution being introduced today, led by Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) in the House and Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) in the Senate, would trigger the Congressional Review Act and stop the Biden-era initiative.

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