On the northwest coast of the USA, widespread clearcut logging caused the northern spotted owl to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.
Now it faces another threat. The closely related but more adaptable barred owl is pushing it out from its ever shrinking, fragmented forest habitat. The only way to protect it seems to be to kill the barred owl. This story poses a question with no easy answer - when is it acceptable to kill one wild species to try to save another? Using infrared, heat-detecting techniques to limit disturbing the nocturnal owls, Morgan followed the evolving story.
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Morgan is a wildlife photojournalist, filmmaker and adventurer focusing on the ways human-influenced environmental change impacts wildlife. In 2020, she co-launched Her Wild Vision Initiative, which is aimed at raising the voices of diverse women in the craft of conservation visual storytelling. Morgan is a Senior Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, and her work has appeared in National Geographic, Audubon, Smithsonian and the New York Times.
