Megafire Doesn’t Deter Yosemite’s Spotted Owls

In 2013 the Rim Fire-the largest fire on record in the Sierra Nevada-burned one third of the potential California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) habitat in Yosemite National Park.

The park provides prime habitat for this Spotted Owl subspecies, which is listed as a Species of Special Concern by the California...