#Megafire does not deter Yosemite’s spotted owls
“#Megafire does not deter Yosemite’s spotted owls” A California Spotted Owl. Credit: Jake Bourque. 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…