Spotted Owl Timeline
1918 July 3: Migratory
Bird Treaty Act (MBTA)
1936 Addition of spotted
owl as a protected migratory bird
Early 1970s First
Development of guidelines for spotted owl protection
1973 Endangered Species
Act (ESA)
1976 National Forest
Managment Act
1978 Amendments to
ESA with an exemption process
1979 Snail
darter exemption case
1979
Whooping crane exemption case
1982 Amendment to
ESA with addition of the word "solely"
1984 Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) is published
1986 Draft Supplement
to the FEIS is published (SEIS)
1986 Newspaper
articles and events
1987 Newspaper
articles and events
1988 Final Supplement
to the FEIS is published
1988 Newspaper
articles and events
1989 FWS proposal
to list spotted owl as Threatened under ESA
1989 Newspaper
articles and events
1990 Inter-agency
Scientific Committee (ISC) Report is published
1990 June: FWS
officially lists spotted owl as Threatened
1990 Newspaper
articles and events
1991 Judge Dwyer
decisions
Forest History Society
Resources and Bibliography
Updated:
November 1, 2004
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