Owl wins.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

A federal judge in February upheld protections for the endangered Mexican spotted owl in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, denying a legal challenge from Arizona cattle ranchers. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled that 8.6 million acres of federal land in the four states qualified as "critical habitat" for the owl. She dismissed claims by the Arizona Cattle Growers' Association that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service failed...