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
The Year the Bluebirds Stayed the Winter
Bluebirds Decide Not to Migrate! Jemma Green, Bring Back the Bluebirds Project Coordinator It is amazing but true: some of the Western Bluebirds from our reintroduced population in the Cowichan Valley have opted to spend the entire winter on Vancouver Island rather than migrate to wintering grounds on the Washington and Oregon mainland, as expected.
New video about the South Sound Prairies
The South Puget Sound Program of the Center for Natural Lands Management is excited to share with you our new video about the South Sound Prairies. For use by the South Sound Prairies conservation community, this video aims to provide background information about the prairies as well as provide some insight about the type and breadth of
Castilleja levisecta 2014 Global Population Estimates Released
Golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) has been the focus of much restoration effort in the Puget Sound region for over a decade. With substantial funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, land managers with a large number of partners, including land trusts, state and federal agencies, as well as other organizations, have made enormous strides