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Freshwater Jellies?

OWI gets some unusual calls almost every month. Last week, Cari from Sherwood, Oregon called to say that the little man-made pond in her backyard is inhabited by jellyfish this summer. We are used to people misidentifying wildlife and so I first assumed she was seeing amphibian egg masses. “No”, she said, “they are swimming!”. [...]

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Oregon Master Naturalist Program

OWI wildlife ecologist, Dave Vesely, will be an instructor for the Oregon Master Naturalist Program’s Willamette Valley Ecoregion Specialization Course Download Power Point Presentation [741 Kb]

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