After years of arguing over the fate of natural resources in southwestern Oregon, two former battle-scarred adversaries agreed to put aside their differences and find common ground. Jack Shipley, a passionate environmentalist, and Jim Neal, a fixture in the logging community, founded the Applegate Partnership in 1992, a community-based forum where resource management issues are …
Infrared Remote Sensing Remote Greater Sage-Grouse leks (areas where males gather in a mating display for females) are the most important places to monitor this iconic species, but they can also be especially difficult to access by land. Several leks in eastern Oregon had gone several decades without monitoring, with some leks last surveyed over 20 …
In June 2012, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) completed an $18.9 million project on 3.7 miles of U.S. Route 97 between Lava Butte and South Century Drive, a few miles south of Bend in Central Oregon. The project’s primary purpose was to increase highway capacity for growing traffic volume between Sunriver and Bend by …
Oregon Climate Change Research Institute The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute (OCCRI) was created by the Oregon state legislature in 2007 to: foster climate change research among faculty of the Oregon University System, serve as a clearinghouse for climate information, and provide climate change information to the public. OCCRI also houses the Oregon Climate Service …
The Intertwine Alliance is a coalition of private firms, local governments, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations working together to tap new sources of funding and better leverage existing investments to protect parks, greenspaces, and trails, and more fully engage residents with the outdoors and nature in the greater Portland/Vancouver metropolitan region. As part of The …
Several conservation organizations are developing ways to use technology to engage citizens in support of science-based conservation, while also compiling valuable data on fish and wildlife species and habitats. By participating in citizen science programs, which are designed to meet specific informational needs, the public’s sense of investment in public lands conservation should grow, resulting in stronger …
During the process to revise the 2016 Strategy Species list, emphasis was placed on examining the state of pollinator species throughout Oregon. In addition to their high importance in biodiversity, pollinators also serve an important economic and cultural role in pollinating Oregon’s crops. Following the same criteria used within the Strategy Species invertebrates methodology, several new …
Description One river connects many of Oregon’s ecoregions. Its immense size and unique characteristics make the Columbia River a special place that requires a coordinated conservation approach. Beginning in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia and the Clark Fork in Montana, the Columbia River is the largest river by volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean …