Malheur: Seeking Balance
By Julie Burchstead Cover: Avocets and Yellow-headed Blackbird in Marshall Pond by Julie Burchstead As a girl, growing up in NW Oregon, curious about all things nature, and appreciative...
Cheatgrass
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Jennifer Strickland/USFWS Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) got its start on American soil in the 1890s, transported from its native Eurasia in grain shipments across the...
Playas of the Interior West
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo of Lake Abert by Pavlina Slezak The Spanish word playa means “beach”, “shore”, or “seacoast”. Somehow, in the arid West, the word has come to...
Snowy Plovers at Malheur Refuge
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo of snowy plover and chick at Harney Lake by Dan Streiffert The sparrow-sized snowy plover is North America’s smallest plover species and one of the...
Joan Lehman Memorial Art Show
The Joan Lehman Memorial Art Show is supporting the AiR Program which brings art and science education to the youth of Harney County. Donate today!
Making Memories; A tale of volunteering at Malheur
By Michele Wolski/ Photo by Alan Nyiri I had only vague memories of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge dating back 40 years when I committed to spend the month of...
A Refuge for Birds – Both Common and Rare
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo of Buena Vista ponds by Peter Pearsall Malheur Refuge is an oasis in the high desert of southeast Oregon, attracting up to 25 million migratory...
Species Spotlight: Evening Grosbeak
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Barbara Wheeler The evening grosbeak is a large, colorful finch of northern conifer forests. Often found in large, chirping flocks, they feed primarily on...
Salem to Sagebrush: Gov. Brown Visits Malheur NWR
By Wm. Tweed, FOMR Board Member Visitors come from all over to visit Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, but seldom does the refuge get to host a sitting governor. That’s...
Malheur, A Volunteer’s Reflection
By Eileen Loerch I have been coming to Malheur NWR since the late 1970’s. It drew me and my husband. We came every year, then, with our infant daughter....