Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protection
Snowy owls that once glided across wide open spaces of the Arctic tundra are seeing their homes shrink under thickening shrubs. They face a gauntlet of other threats, all of which decimate their numbers. Yet the raptor’s path to legal protection moves at a sluggish pace.
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Why an Arctic icon, the snowy owl, must wait so long for legal protectionSnowy owls that once glided across wide open spaces of the Arctic tundra are seeing their homes shrink under thickening shrubs.