Wildlife
Betsy Hartley
Featured Resources
Manage Wildlife Conflicts in Your Home and Garden
Our homes and gardens often overlap with spaces and resources used by wild animals, both native and non-native. A "shared habitat" situation can pose some challenges when the animals' day-to-day activities come into conflict with ours. This publication gives an overview of how and why human-wildlife...
Deer-resistant plants for Central Oregon
Below is a list of plants that tend to be more deer-resistant.Latest Resources
How can I keep crows and jays from being hogs?
Do you have a seed type recommendation or other techniques and strategies for discouraging crows and jays from monopolizing my feeders. These corvids scratch all the seed out onto the ground and chase away the songbirds I'm trying to serve.
Tree School Clackamas teaches love for the land
Educational event draws hundreds from woodland community in Clackamas County and beyond.
Coring on Salt Marsh
This video is about coring on the Salmon River Salt Marsh in Oregon.
Latest News
Aspen is making a comeback in and around Yellowstone National Park, because of predators
Aug 30, 2018
The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is tied to the recovery of aspen in areas around the park, according to a new study.
New evidence of two subspecies of American pikas in Rocky Mountain National Park
Jul 11, 2018
Rocky Mountain National Park provides habitat for not one, but two subspecies of the American pika, a species thought to be closely connected with climate change, according to a new study.
Berry-gorging bears disperse seeds through scat and feed small mammals
Jul 5, 2018
New research shows that mice and voles scurry to bear scats to forage for seeds, finding nutritional value in the seeds and in some cases further dispersing them.
