YOU’RE INVITED! If you are available the weekend of Sept 18 – 20th, please consider joining us! Lodging is being covered by FOMR for volunteers to stay at the Malheur Field Station. It is also possible to tent camp at Refuge Headquarters. Email me to sign up!
One of the efforts was focused on removing invasive carp and the other helping transport native fish past a dam so they can migrate to the colder waters of the Steens mountains.
Written by MNWR Aquatic Biologist Dom Bachman/Photos by Dom Bachman Trout in the Blitzen River are contending with a newly arrived parasite: gill lice. These parasitic copepods look like clear
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 Conservation Stewardship Technician, Ian Snyder.
For Friends of Malheur, projects like this reflect the best kind of partnership: science, education, and public engagement working together to support conservation. With each new MOTUS installation, we gain a better understanding of the birds that depend on the Refuge and a better way to share that story with the community
Join us in celebrating National Wildlife Refuge Week in honor of Malheur NWR and the Friends who promote its conservation. Come & Bring your friends!
