The Steens Mt Advisory Council (SMAC) met on January 25-26, 2024 in Bend, Oregon. We welcomed another new member. Two vacancies on the council have applicants and are currently in the vetting process.
Arborists Jon, Karen, and Bryan Markhart spent a week in mid-October working with some trees at P-Ranch and along the Central Patrol Road. One of their priorities for this week was hazard mitigation on cottonwood trees that threatened the historic chimney, electrical conductors, existing house, and maintenance sheds (five trees total).
The Wet Meadow Review is a technical, collaborative, interdisciplinary, and multi-interest effort that focuses on an abiotic process-based approach to key wet meadow habitat management challenges and questions.
At Malheur Lake, one thing is abundantly clear: the water is anything but, and the decades-long turbid conditions are impacting ecological health of the lake, which is a crucial area for migratory birds along the Pacific Flyway.
Arborist Jon Brown arrived on September 15 to assess the wind-damaged tree. The front side of the trunk was completely dead and disconnected from the living back portion and the ground. He determined that height reduction was the first step and used a pole saw to reduce and/or remove the live branches that were tall enough to strike the Nature Store in the event of the whole tree failing.
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