PORTLAND, Ore — The Intertribal Timber Council (ITC) is a nonprofit nation-wide consortium …dedicated to improving the management of natural resources of importance to Native American communities. ITC strongly opposes S.J.Res.69, a measure that would involve the Congressional Review Act to invalidate a federal wildlife management plan intended to prevent the extinction of the Northern Spotted Owl (NSO) in the Pacific Northwest. The ITC is grateful to Senators who helped vote to defeat a bill that would have severely impacted federal forest management in the Pacific Northwest. The invasive barred owl poses a direct threat to the ecological integrity of tribal, federal, and private forestlands. The federal barred owl management strategy is a critical tool to protect the NSO, which is listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. …ITC and many of its member tribes support barred owl removal as a humane and effective measure to recover the NSO and restore ecosystem integrity.