PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) – A group of bipartisan Oregon state lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to stop a federal plan to kill invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest.
The lawmakers sent a letter to Musk and Ramaswamy on Monday, asking for assistance from the leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency, a new agency under the upcoming Trump administration.
The group of lawmakers behind the letter includes Rep. Ed Diehl (R-Linn and Marion counties), Rep. David Gomberg (D-Lincoln and Western Benton/Lane counties), Rep. Virgle Osborne, (R-Douglas County) and Senator-elect Bruce Starr (R-Yamhill and Polk counties), who call the federal plan “impractical.”…