Wright’s Pond Project & CPR Closure
Strengthening water infrastructure helps the Refuge respond to changing environmental conditions while ensuring reliable habitat for wildlife well into the future.
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Strengthening water infrastructure helps the Refuge respond to changing environmental conditions while ensuring reliable habitat for wildlife well into the future.
As 2026 begins, our organization is positioned to accomplish even more. Our hard-working staff and dedicated board are envisioning the next round of projects and strategizing how to fund...
As the structure rose, students reflected on the teamwork and effort that made the project possible. Burns High School student Triston DeCroo shared, ‘everyone involved worked really hard to...
At this point in my career, what I enjoy most is the people side of refuge management. I like building and maintaining partnerships, trying my best to listen, and...
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo illustration by Peter Pearsall, using photographs by Dan Streiffert The New World blackbird family, Icteridae, comprises familiar temperate species such as orioles, meadowlarks, grackles, and...
My favorite part of the refuge is not what I see here, but who! I am convinced that we have the best volunteers. They continually teach me what it...
This coyote’s found the perfect high-desert vantage. 📸: Terry W. Smith #highdesert #oregondesert #coyote #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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Do you or anyone you know identify as a “snowbird”, packing up and moving to warmer, sunnier locales in winter to avoid chilly weather? Dark-eyed juncos are the original snowbirds. While common and widespread year-round in the West and Northeast, it is in winter that juncos become almost ubitquitous across the entire continent. Migrating from their nesting areas at northerly latitudes or higher elevations, wintering juncos congregate in a variety of habitats and are often seen visiting feeders. 📸 of dark-eyed juncos (one with partial leucism) by Peter Pearsall and Dan Streiffert #darkeyedjunco #snowbird #friendsofmalheur
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