To continue monitoring the water quality on Malheur Lake in partnership with the USGS, I assisted Luke DuVall and aquatic biologist, Dominic Bachman on checking the sites on Malheur Lake that have the monitoring equipment installed.
If anyone is wondering what electro fishing is, it is a method for sampling a random selection of fish in a given area - a method that seems closer...
The night also highlighted how much teamwork goes into a successful banding operation. Of the 23 people involved, four were first-time participants, including Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge’s...
Hummingbird feeders require more maintenance than seed feeders and this maintenance is important. It will adversely affect the health of the birds if you do not keep their feeders...
Great-tailed grackles are highly adaptable and opportunistic foragers. Their diet includes insects, seeds, grains, small invertebrates, and human food waste, which allows them to take advantage of a wide...
So, inescapably, Malheur is a managed landscape – not a national park where the goal is to leave nature alone as much as possible. By managing the landscape, we...
Together, the emergence counts and acoustic surveys provide an important look at bat activity around Refuge Headquarters. They help Friends of Malheur better understand how these historic buildings are...
Rhonda learned how to make Tule ducks from Elise, and now they are both passing their culture and knowledge to the younger generation. Rhonda said, “Tule ducks are connection...
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...
