Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/biologists-struggle-to-save-the-spotted-owl Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Lee Hochberg reports on the battle between biologists and loggers over the northern Spotted Owl. The animal has been on the Endangered Species List for the past 17 years, but is not recovering as expected. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: Now, the battle over the still-endangered spotted owl. NewsHour correspondent Lee Hochberg of Oregon Public Broadcasting has our Science Unit report. LEE HOCHBERG, NewsHour Correspondent: When biologist David Wiens took us out to a forest near Eugene, Oregon, recently to photograph spotted owls, it was a frustrating experience. DAVID WIENS, Biologist: So, it's going to be a little more challenging than I thought. LEE HOCHBERG: The threatened birds have been fitted with radio tags, but Wiens wasn't picking up many signals. That's been the experience of biologists across the Pacific Northwest, where the northern spotted owl has been on the endangered species list for 17 years.