After cleaning, they put it all back — or else the owls will, Chiono said. With the team’s help, the burrowing owl populations have soared. In 2008, the owls had fallen to four nesting pairs ...

State officials are weighing listing the tiny birds as an endangered species, a decision that could have big implications for the farming and renewable energy-focused county.

“We GPS every burrow that we mark and put it in the city records, so if anybody pulls a permit, they know that there’s a burrowing owl living on there,” said Saltonstall. “As the city gets ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.— Conservation groups petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today to protect five imperiled populations of the western burrowing owl under the California Endangered ...