[View the flyer here or click image below.] The Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) is offering a new, six-week Native Plant Stewardship Program for Pierce and Thurston Counties in Spring 2016. This no-cost program combines classroom learning with field trips to educate stewards about the region’s native plants and their roles in local ecosystems and how
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New videos share the beauty of the oaks and prairies of Oregon and Washington
The Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund recently supported the creation of a short documentary and a corresponding restoration supplement about Willamette Valley oak habitat. Together with a video released by the Center for Natural Lands Management about the prairie habitat of the South Puget Sound, these videos provide beautiful imagery and information about the history and importance of our
Prairie Seeding Prescriptions and Site Specific Adaptations
Recent seed establishment research in Western Washington Prairies suggests that responses to site preparation, seeding methods and seeding rates are highly variable among sites, species and years. This may not be surprising and indicates that a site-specific, adaptive approach to prairie seeding will be the most successful. Effective adaptive restoration requires good documentation of actions,
Oak Conservation Projects Benefit Landbirds
Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge Projects Benefit Landbirds and Other Wildlife Written by Graham Evans-Peters, Refuge Manager for Ankeny and Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuges This is an abridged version of an article originally posted on the Pacific Birds Habitat Joint Venture website. To read the full article, click here. Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) consists
2015 CPOP Conference — Deadline extended, banquet speaker announced
Deadline Extended | Abstracts due by Wednesday, August 12 We have extended the deadline and will be accepting abstracts through Wednesday, August 12th. For those who submitted abstracts by July 31, notice of acceptance will be provided by August 14th. CPOP is soliciting abstracts for oral and poster presentations that address prairie and oak birds,
2015 CPOP Conference: Abstracts Due July 31, Symposium and Special Sessions Announced
St. Johns Prairie blossoms at former landfill
Written by Yuxing Zheng. This article originally appeared on Metro’s website and has been reprinted here with permission. For additional photos, view the original post. Can a landfill ever become a community asset and natural attraction? Metro is hoping to find out in North Portland. For more than 50 years, garbage from the Portland area
Growers, Restoration Partners, and Students Come Together at the Violet Prairie Seed Farm
By Sierra Smith, Conservation Nursery Program Manager, Center for Natural Lands Management. CNLM transitioned from Webster’s seed farm to the Violet Prairie seed farm in 2014 (click the links to learn more about each). To learn more about the Center for Natural Lands Management’s South Sound Program, click here. On May 8th the sun was shining and
Breadth of knowledge on display at gathering in the Willamette Valley
By Edward Alverson Even though we now live in the “Age of Information”, where technology provides countless tools for sharing and accumulating knowledge, there are times when there is no substitute for in-person interaction. Proof of this was found on February 19th, when about 75 Willamette Valley habitat managers, restorationists, and researchers gathered in Eugene
CPOP 2015 Conference Now Accepting Proposals for Symposia and Special Sessions
We are excited to announce the the of the CPOP 2015 Conference and open the call for proposals for symposia and special sessions. For more information click ‘2015 Conference’ on the navigation bar or click here to visit the conference webpage. The theme of the conference is “Conservation Without Borders: Working Across Boundaries to Restore