Will burrowing owls adapt to the rapid changes taking place in the Imperial Valley? How should management respond? Dan Rosenberg shares thoughts on the controversial practice of relocations.
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We have finished a number of conservation assessments in the past year, including on four species of bats (Townsend’s big-eared bat, spotted bat, pallid bat, and fringed myotis), pygmy rabbits, and a synthesis of the ecology of the burrowing owl in the Imperial Valley of California.
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Oregon Wildlife Institute Ecologist Jennifer Gervais has written many peer-reviewed papers, technical reviews, and conservation plans during her career, but she has now become a published author in creative writing! Oregon Coast Magazine has published two of Jennifer’s essays, Bananas in the Woods and The Fog Lark, in 2016. These essays explore the natural history [...]
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Late-successional forests and wildlife species associated with old-growth have received most of the attention from conservationists and public land managers since the 1980′s. But on the Corvallis Watershed and Siuslaw National Forest, open, early-successional stands have become increasingly uncommon. In an effort to preserve plant and animal species that are dependent on this important habitat [...]
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Our friends and colleagues at Greenbelt Land Trust have completed the first phase of oak savanna restoration on the Bald Hill Farm property this fall. The goals include maintaining legacy oaks and expanding oak savanna, which will benefit many other plants and animals that depend on this now-rare habitat. You can learn more at http://greenbeltlandtrust.org/conserving-land/bald-hill-farm/woodlands-stewardship-project/
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