
Water Update: Late April 2025
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Travis Miller, MNWR Supervisory Ecologist From Ed Moulton, Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor: “The water coming in from the north has slowed and the evacuation levels

Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Travis Miller, MNWR Supervisory Ecologist From Ed Moulton, Malheur Refuge Maintenance Supervisor: “The water coming in from the north has slowed and the evacuation levels

In the words of retired wildlife biologist, Rick Roy, looking at the CCP for the Refuge is very much like asking “What do you want to be when you grow up?” and subsequently what are the objectives you are going to set to reach that goal? So, what do we, collectively, want the Refuge to look like and what will the objectives in the CCP look like to get us there?

Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) is native to Europe and western Asia and was introduced to North America in the early 1900s. It was widely distributed across the United States for purposes such as windbreaks, wildlife habitat, ornamentals, shelterbelts, and soil stabilizer along eroded water ways.

Written by MNWR Aquatic Biologist Dominic Bachman and Peter Pearsall/Photos by MNWR A new carp removal project at Malheur Refuge will employ an electronic fish barrier (e-barrier), installed near the

Recognizing that climate change will continue to threaten ecosystems now and into the future, federal resource management agencies have proposed the Resist-Accept-Direct (RAD) framework, signaling a paradigm shift in conservation strategies.