To solve sea otter riddle, researchers look to archaeology
It’s a mystery of reintroduction. When Alaskan sea otters were moved from a nuclear testing site in the Aleutian Islands to the coasts of Washington and Oregon, ...
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Could more crossings help West Coast wildlife?
Highway 97 runs from California to the Canadian border along the spine of the Cascades. It crosses elk (Cervus canadensis), mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and ...
Listening in to help monitor northern spotted owls
By listening to sounds collected from recording devices in the forest, researchers can detect northern spotted owls and invasive barred owls, which can help with ...
Public lands wrestle with COVID-19 response
State and federal public land agencies are wrestling with how to respond to the new coronavirus after initial federal efforts intended to offer “an antidote to ...
TWS section and chapter meetings in February
The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in ...
A banner year for western snowy plover fledglings
The summer of 2019 on the Oregon coast resulted in the second highest number of western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) fledglings in the recovery ...
JWM: For spotted owls, missing the trees for the forest
Protecting remaining old growth forests won’t always conserve northern spotted owls, a team of researchers found. Instead, they say, managers may need to zoom in ...
Researchers discover hummingbird hybrid zone
Two closely related species — Allen’s (Selasphorus sasin) and rufous hummingbirds (S. rufus) — are interbreeding in a newly discovered hybrid zone spanning ...
Four Klamath dams to be removed by 2022
Four dams along the lower Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California could be removed by 2022. The Capital Press reports that the nonprofit Klamath ...
Threatened martens enjoy Oregon beach solace
A threatened species of martens seems to have opted for the Oregon beach life, with plenty of food and a lack of predators. The Pacific marten (Martes caurina) ...