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California Fish and Game Commission to weigh in on spotted owl, Delta bass

Should the northern spotted owl – whose federal conservation status in the 1990s hit the state’s timber industry – receive even more protection under the state’s Endangered Species Act?

And if anglers are allowed to take more non-native bass from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, will more endangered fish survive?

The California Fish and Game Commission will consider those two questions later this month.

The commissioners will consider conflicting testimony on Aug. 25 in Folsom from environmental groups and the timber industry on whether they should grant state endangered species protections for the northern spotted owl…

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