Written by Darrick Boschmann, Oregon Water Resources Department Hydrogeologist/Photo by Alan Nyiri Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) staff have been measuring groundwater levels in the Harney Basin at least as
My guess is that it’s because birds sharpen our perception and remap our attention onto the soft fascination of the natural world. Birds make the ordinary extraordinary: the invisible visible. They move between worlds we can’t, slipping between earth and sky, land and water, expanding our imaginations.
So, as it were, on the evening of August 22nd 50 people gathered at Sod House Ranch for the annual Malheur After Dark event featuring a night sky with a Black Moon. Attendees of all ages came from as close as the Narrows or Double O Rd and as far flung as Portland and Boise.
But they are creatures of basins in the Interior West, occupying streams, rivers and lakes from western Montana to eastern Oregon and northeastern California.
Over 600 species of birds have been identified in the Great Basin, and with the loss of terminal lake wetlands and habitats, we need to know more than ever the factors impacting the birds’ success.
