10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
However, the region’s dominant river — the Columbia River — which serves as the border for much of Oregon and Washington, also flows through these rangelands. As the image shows, it is an island of protected habitat in a sea of urban sprawl and agriculture. Much of that original habitat has now been lost to agriculture.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2024
In fact, the overwhelming majority of federal land is in just 11 western states (Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). Thus, legal protections for endangered species and conservation generally are at their zenith on federal lands. This includes the military.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2019
In 1806, Lewis and Clark saw condors near the Columbia River, which makes up much of the Washington-Oregon border. After years of study , FWS has proposed releasing captive-bred condors in Redwoods National Park in Northern California, not far from the Oregon border. But that does not necessarily mean there are no protections.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2018
Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Nisqually NWR (Washington). Klamath Basin NWR Complex (California and Oregon). Malheur NWR (Oregon). Anahuac NWR (Texas). Aransas NWR (Texas). Bear River MBR (Utah).
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2017
Controversies about federal public lands, including the 2016 occupation of Malheur NWR in Oregon and proposed bills in Congress to dispose of certain land, has focused attention on the value of federal lands to birds and birders. There are also smaller breeding colonies in Washington and Oregon, including Oregon Islands NWR.
Critter News
JULY 31, 2009
Navy's use of sonar off the Washington and Oregon coasts. If approved, those measures would be in effect from 2010 to 2015 for the Navy's training area in the Pacific Ocean off the Washington, Oregon and Northern California coasts. From the Seattle P-I (yep, the online newspaper!). On the negative side.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Recently, two economists, Dr. Trudy Ann Cameron (University of Oregon) and Dr. Sonja Kolstoe (Salisbury University), published a paper using eBird data. We then worked with eBird personnel (Steve Kelling and others) to analyze the data while protecting confidential information. Census and ecoregion information from the U.S.
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