A closer look at high desert flora and fauna.
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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Species Spotlight: Lichen
Author: Scott Bowler | Published: March 13, 2023 | Category: Species Spotlight Oh man, I’m liking those lichen! Lichen are both ubiquitous and highly diverse, yet little known and understood, […]
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Species Spotlight: Big Sagebrush
Author: Rachel Renne | Published: February 13, 2023 | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on February 8, 2023. In May 2021, I hiked the entire […]
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Species Spotlight: Western Juniper
Author: Scott Bowler | Published: December 21, 2022 | Category: Species Spotlight This article originally appeared in The Source on December 7, 2022. The ubiquitous tree that warrants a closer […]
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Species Spotlight: Steelhead
Author: Scott R. Bowler | Published: April 20, 2022 | Category: Species Spotlight The long & short life history of Oncorhynchus mykiss Did you know that the fish we call […]
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Species Spotlight: Bighorn Sheep
Author: Scott Bowler | Published: June 28, 2021 | Category: Species Spotlight Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) once ranged far and wide all across the West, inhabiting a wider variety of habitats […]
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Letter to the Editor: Not like the other birds
We received a curious letter recently and wanted to share it with our desert conservation community. Dear Human News Media, April has arrived and I am cringing because I know […]
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Species Spotlight: Quaking Aspen
Author: LeeAnn Kriegh | Published: September 15, 2020 | Category: Species Spotlight Why Aspen Quake The day I fell in love with Central Oregon, I woke to the sound of […]
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