Category: Species Spotlight

Nature’s Ecosystem Engineers

Author: Renee Schiavone  |  Published: January 17, 2024  | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on February 14, 2024. What we can learn from beaver about […]

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Observing Raptors

Author: Craig Miller  |  Published: November 27, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on November 22, 2023. Where, when and how to see birds […]

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Species Spotlight: Pygmy Rabbit

Author: Scott Bowler  |  Published: November 14, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight  This article originally appeared in the Fall + Winter 2023 Desert Ramblings Conservation efforts offer hope for this […]

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Sage-Grouse: Denizen of the Sagebrush Sea

Author: Mark Salvo  |  Published: October 19, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight  This article originally appeared in the Fall + Winter 2023 Desert Ramblings The future of this enduring species […]

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The Juniper Paradox

Author: Gena Goodman-Campbell  |  Published: September 26, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on September 20, 2023. Both iconic and beloved in Oregon’s high […]

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Species Spotlight: American Avocet

Author: Anne White  |  Published: August 15, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on August 9, 2023. What is the future for the American […]

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Species Spotlight: Pronghorn

Author: Renee Schiavone  |  Published: June 7, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on June 7, 2023. The resilient pronghorn has raced through millennia, […]

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Species Spotlight: Chokecherry and Blue Elderberry

Author: Elizabeth MacLagan  |  Published: May 18, 2023  | Category: Species Spotlight  Widely planted for habitat restoration, Chokecherry and Blue Elderberry are important species in the high desert ecosystem. These […]

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Priority Sage-Grouse Habitat in the Greater Hart-Sheldon

Located on the Oregon-Nevada border, the Greater Hart-Sheldon is one of the six most important habitats remaining for greater sage-grouse in the American West. This charismatic ambassador of the Sagebrush […]

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Core Pygmy Rabbit Habitat in the Greater Hart-Sheldon

The Greater Hart-Sheldon is more than 3 million acres of sagebrush steppe anchored by Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge in southeastern Oregon and Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge in northern Nevada. […]

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