For the past two years, it has been my honor to serve as president of the Friends of Malheur, a volunteer post that has given me a way to continue my lifelong involvement in the protection of our nation’s outstanding natural places. Now, however, it’s time to stand aside and pass the baton to a successor.
The overarching goal of the refuge, as we all know, is to provide protected habitat for wildlife. But, as federally managed public lands, the refuge has other goals as well. Among these is the preservation of our nation’s history.
In the Harney Basin a single word serves aptly to describe April – “arrivals.” Let’s invest a moment to explore all that is about to come together.
As I sit down to write this, an owl has been in the national news. The creature in question, named Flaco by it many followers, lives not in the Harney Basin of eastern Oregon but rather in the man-made canyons of glass and steel that cover much of an obscure East Coast island by the name of Manhattan.
“Transparency “ may seem like a minor concern for a nature-focused non-profit organization, but it’s something that the Friends of Malheur takes seriously. As an organization that raises money from concerned folks like you, we believe that we have a responsibility to be open and forthcoming about everything we do.
Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was formed in 1999 and is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.
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