Heading to Friends Academy!
In just a few weeks, Director Wicks will join peers from across the country at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Friends Academy. This is a unique, immersive...
We have many plans for the coming year and are inviting you to help support them by contributing to our End of Year Fundraising goal of $20,000!
Planning to visit Malheur National Wildlife Refuge? Allow us to assist you! Learn more about the history and why it was created in the early 1900s.
Learn about the Projects, Programs, and Events that we are working on. Join the Friends with volunteer, sponsorship, and giving opportunities.
In just a few weeks, Director Wicks will join peers from across the country at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Friends Academy. This is a unique, immersive...
In the last week it has felt great to get past the first week jitters and start to really settle into my routine. Starting any new job is scary...
Overall, May was a month of getting oriented, building systems, and helping several stewardship projects move from planning into action.
Over the course of the day, the tour reminded FOMR board members that sustaining Malheur’s wildlife and diversity of ecosystems is both complex and deeply collaborative.
You can see proposed changes to refuge-specific regulations and submit comments at Federal Register: National Wildlife Refuge System; 2026-2027 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations.
After 30-plus years, Dunn Dam was showing its age. It didn't have adequate fish passage around it, and it was a safety hazard. We gradually had to stop using...
Did you know that Great Basin birds such as black-throated sparrows and Brewer’s sparrows will reduce the moisture content of their excrement by as much as 60 percent in times of water stress? In a pinch they will drink brackish water, their kidneys sequestering the salts and voiding them with waste. 📸 of black-throated sparrow by Alan Contreras #blackthroatedsparrow #oregondesert #friendsofmalheur
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North America’s largest diving ducks, canvasbacks primarily forage for food underwater, feeding on aquatic plants, seeds, and invertebrates. As their species epithet valisineria suggests, canvasbacks have a particular affinity for the buds and rhizomes of wild celery (Vallisneria americana), which is not only a primary food source in winter but also a key factor in their preferred habitats. They also consume other submerged vegetation and occasionally small fish and insects. 📸 of canvasback pair by Dan Streiffert; 📸 of hen with ducklings by Gary Kegel #canvasback #waterfowl #oregondesert #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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