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Alkaline Lake Vegetation Surveys – 2022

The shorelines and shallow waters of many of eastern Oregon’s shallow alkaline lakes contain a distinctive flora that has been incompletely explored. These plants appear as water levels in the lakes begins to drop in May, and many have flowered and begun to dry up by mid to late June.

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2022 Refuge CBC Summary Test

Seven field birders braved the frigid temperatures and snow-covered ground along with 2 feeder watchers at their home on the southern part of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen to count birds for the annual Refuge Christmas Bird Count on Wednesday December 14.

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P Ranch CBC Report

On Friday, December 16th we gathered for the P Ranch CBC which was first conducted in 1939 and has been conducted 67 times since. On that first count of the

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3rd Annual CBC4Kids

Written by Teresa Wicks Saturday, December 18, 2021, 30 participants from 6 local families turned out for Harney County’s third annual CBC4Kids event. This was the first count that had

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The Burns CBC Report

The Burns CBC took place on December 14th with 16 participants and 16 feeder watchers who counted 61 species which is about average and 10 less than last year. Thanks

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