{"id":3506418,"date":"2024-12-18T10:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?p=3506418"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:37:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:37:42","slug":"crazy-town-episode-95-shotgunning-hedwig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2024-12-18\/crazy-town-episode-95-shotgunning-hedwig\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Town 95. \u00a0Shotgunning Hedwig: The Dilemma of Invasives and the Bizarre Decision to Slaughter Barred Owls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div><div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16297126\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/244372\/episodes\/16297126-shotgunning-hedwig-the-dilemma-of-invasives-and-the-bizarre-decision-to-slaughter-barred-owls.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16297126&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><div class=\"gb-button-wrapper gb-button-wrapper-af35d9a5\">\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-736fa41c gb-button-text btn res-btn-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/lnk.to\/crazytownWB\">Listen on your favorite app<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-f8db5292 gb-button-text res-btn-yellow\" href=\"\/crazy-town-podcast\/episodes\">See all episodes<\/a>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shotgunning Hedwig: The Dilemma of Invasives and the Bizarre Decision to Slaughter Barred Owls\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yo-ZZ6Ny01Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b18365bc\">\n<p><strong>Show Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The US Fish and Wildlife Service decided to &#8220;manage&#8221; barred owls by shooting half a million of them over the next three decades. Jason, Rob, and Asher (along with the postal workers at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry) are upset about this plan for addressing the predicament of invasive species. Surely there&#8217;s a finer tool than a double-barreled shotgun for conserving ecosystems and protecting the species that inhabit them.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019ve added something new this season: VIDEO! If you\u2019d like to feel even more like you\u2019re in the room with the Crazy Town gang, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Yo-ZZ6Ny01Q\">check out the video<\/a> and let us know what you think.<br><br>Warning: This podcast occasionally uses spicy language.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Sources\/Links\/Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bill Lucia, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstatestandard.com\/2024\/08\/28\/plan-finalized-to-kill-thousands-of-barred-owls-around-northwest\/\">Plan Finalized to Kill Thousands of Barred Owls around Northwest<\/a>,\u201d <em>Washington State Standard<\/em>, August 28, 2024.<\/li>\n\n<li>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2024-08\/final-barred-owl-management-strategy-2024_508.pdf\"><em>Final Barred Owl Management Strategy<\/em><\/a>, August 2024.<\/li>\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/onpoint\/2024\/09\/05\/killing-barred-northern-spotted-owls-wildlife-conservation\">Killing barred owls to save northern spotted owls: Rethinking American wildlife conservation<\/a>,\u201d <em>On Point<\/em>, WBUR, 9\/5\/2024.<\/li>\n\n<li>Avram Hiller, Jay Odenbaugh, and Yasha Rohwer, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/08\/opinion\/owls-endangered-conservation-forests.html\">A Dystopian Effort Is Underway in the Pacific Northwest to Pick Ecological Winners and Losers<\/a>,\u201d <em>New York Times<\/em>, August 8, 2024.<\/li>\n\n<li>Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/myodfw.com\/articles\/northern-pikeminnow-sport-reward-program\">Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n\n<li>Robert Dietz and Brian Czech, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/j.1523-1739.2005.00114.x\">Conservation Deficits for the Continental United States: an Ecosystem Gap Analysis<\/a>,\u201d <em>Conservation Biology<\/em>, August 16, 2005.<\/li>\n\n<li>Tom Murphy, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ueAJgUKVds4\">Metastatic Modernity #12: Human Supremacy<\/a>,\u201d <em>Metastatic Modernity Video Series<\/em>, August 9, 2024.<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Fish and Wildlife Service decided to &#8220;manage&#8221; barred owls by shooting half a million of them over the next three decades. 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