Project Summary The Oregon Connectivity Assessment and Mapping Project (OCAMP) was a multi-year, collaborative effort to analyze and map statewide wildlife habitat connectivity for Oregon’s wildlife. There has been a critical need to develop connectivity maps for a broad array of Oregon’s wildlife species. Many species rely on the ability to move throughout the landscape …
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife would like to invite artists to participate in our annual Fish and Wildlife Conservation Art Contest. The winning artists will receive a $2,000 award, and the winning artwork will be featured on collector’s stamps, art prints, and other merchandise (e.g., wine label). The department will organize an art show …
In 2012, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission (OFWC) adopted rules to implement Oregon’s first Habitat Conservation Stamp. The stamp is not required for any activity, but provides an opportunity for the public to give financial support for native fish and wildlife conservation in Oregon. Revenue from the sale of stamps, art prints, and other …
Join us for the free ODFW Art Show and Duck Pond Wine Tasting Event! It will be held on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 from 1pm-4pm at Duck Pond Cellars showroom (23145 Hwy 99W, Dundee, OR). There will be live music, complimentary Conservation Cuvee wine tasting, and lots of beautiful fish and wildlife artwork to enjoy. …
The ocean continues to draw the attention of the federal government for its importance to our nation. On January 27, 2021 President Biden issued an Executive Order on Tackling Climate Change at Home and Abroad. While not specifically focused solely on our oceans, it does set goals and a path for conserving 30 percent of …
A female Sierra Nevada red fox (SNRF) was captured and radio-collared in Deschutes County in early May 2017, a first for Oregon wildlife biologists researching this rare sub-species of red fox. A second SNRF, a male, was captured about a week later, and a juvenile born that year was captured and collared in August 2017. …
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology captures footage of Burrowing Owls
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology captures footage of a Ferruginous Hawk nest
Video footage of an American marten in the Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon, captured by Dr. Audrey Magoun, The Wolverine Foundation, 2012. This bait station was part of a research project to photograph wolverines.
Soft substrates make up much of the Nearshore subtidal bottom habitat. Two of Oregon’s most economically valuable commercial fisheries, Dungeness crab and pink shrimp, occur in soft bottom habitat. Like many crustaceans, both of these species begin their lives as plankton drifting in the water column with the ocean currents before settling out to the …