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A trio of conservation groups on Tuesday urged a federal judge to halt the first phase of a massive U.S. Bureau of Land Management logging project in southern Oregon, weeks before it is set to begin.

Regional monitoring for endangered owls, salmon and frogs is done by seasonal biologists who aren’t being hired now under a federal freeze

The western burrowing owl used to live throughout California, but exurban sprawl, agriculture and large wind and solar farms have shrunk their habitats and populations, according to the environmental groups urging the state to label them endangered.