PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will use the best scientific data to revise a 2008 Bush administration recovery plan for the northern spotted owl.

Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama

Better salmon season expected off West Coast this year, including reopening of Calif. fishery

Stage is set for better West Coast salmon season

Maine high court upholds law aiming to speed up permit process for wind farms

Maine high court upholds state wind farm law

Council to recommend salmon rules for Calif. coast; more fishing expected for Oregon, Wash.

Council eyes Calif., Oregon, Wash. salmon changes

Wildlife officials haze, kill sea lions feasting on endangered salmon in Pacific Northwest

Sea lions killed for eating too many salmon

Feds warn Hanford nuclear cleanup would threaten Columbia River with radioactive contaminants

Analysis warns Hanford cleanup would take decades

Maine considers requiring drug companies to take back unused medicines and safely discard them

Even if you’re careful, drugs can end up in water

Oregon senators seek to turn Rajneeshee land into wilderness area

Bill would protect Rajneeshee land as wilderness

Giant trellises will be grown on 18-story federal office building in Portland, Ore.

Portland high-rise to get 250-foot-tall trellises

The holly and the ivy inspire no praise in Pacific Northwest forests

No praise sung for holly, ivy in Northwest forests

Climber deaths again raise question of requiring locator beacons for Mount Hood ascents

After climber deaths, Oregon faces beacon question

Time ‘critical’ in search for missing Mount Hood climbers as rescuers face avalanche risk

Time ‘critical’ for missing Mount Hood climbers

Time ‘critical’ in search for missing Mt. Hood climbers as rescuers face avalanche risk

Aircraft fails to find missing Mt. Hood climbers

Aircraft join hunt for 2 missing climbers in Oregon; foot search halted amid avalanche fears

Aircraft join search for 2 climbers in Ore.

66 million-year-old fossilized bones of Tyrannosaurus rex to make museum debut in Oregon

Bones of T. rex to make museum debut in Oregon

Crew sent to rescue up to 100 dogs living without shelter on frigid rural property in Ore.

Crew sent to rescue up to 100 dogs in rural Ore.

Swine flu and your pet: Doctors say wash hands, don’t panic and see a vet if animal gets sick

Swine flu toll includes a few pets

LOS ANGELES — A handful of pets have been sickened with swine flu in recent weeks, but here are doctors’ orders: Wash your hands and don’t panic.

Whole Foods puts new seafood ratings in stores to help shoppers select sustainable fish

Northern spotted owl to get revised recovery plan

Early returns on new rules for Northeast fishermen show total catch down and revenues up

Kellogg Co.’s 2nd-quarter profit falls 15 percent on cereal recall, lowers outlook

Carter, King clash over proposed 128 megawatt wind power project in Maine’s Somerset County

Judge rules Forest Service failed to adequately protect Oregon steelhead streams from grazing

Feds’ plan to protect endangered wild salmon in Columbia Basin says no major changes needed

Environmentalists ask court for delay in Arctic Ocean drilling but Shell says time is now

Arguments over oil drilling in Arctic Ocean set for federal appeals court in Oregon

Experts from 3 countries meeting in Ore. to discuss protecting wild salmon from hatchery fish

Water bills go up in down economy as usage drops from slow manufacturing, real estate, tourism

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad