Refuge Management

Emergent Vegetation at Malheur Lake: An Update!

In September, I finished the last of my fieldwork for my master’s project on Malheur Lake. It has been an exciting growing season out on the lake this year, and we have seen a boom in vegetative growth— including annuals, perennials, and vegetatively-producing perennials (plants with rhizomes). As cooler weather rolled in, some areas of the lake that have been lacking vegetation historically are seeing quick growth of cattail.

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October 6, 2022
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Converting the Lawns into Diverse Landscapes

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is experiencing the negative effects of extended drought and landscape scale climate change. Some of the issues that are having immediate and significant effects comprise of drying springs, stressed and dying trees, and capacity challenges to the domestic well that services our buildings.

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September 10, 2022
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Ibis Wrangling in the Wild West

Seen commonly in wetlands and flooded agricultural fields throughout the west, the White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) is easily recognizable by its subtly beautiful iridescent plumage and comically long bill. The ibis has become the poster child for biological diversity among the arid and semi-arid wetland habitats being threatened by climate change.

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September 10, 2022

Refuge Water Management Update

Written by Ed Moulton, MNWR Maintenance Supervisor/Photo by Dan Streiffert At Malheur Refuge every spring and summer, water is diverted from the Donner und Blitzen River to irrigate meadows, ponds,

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July 31, 2022
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Shorebird Summer

Interior Nesting Snowy Plovers at Malheur Written by Teresa Wicks, Portland Audubon Society Photos by Dan Streiffert, FOMR Volunteer Western Snowy Plovers are well known for their coastal nesting population.

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July 26, 2022

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