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EE Wilson Wildlife Management Area
This is a 1,700-acre wildlife area managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is predominantly grass-shrub habitat--some native, mostly patches of cultivated grass-forb or food crop surrounded by an abundance of himalayan blackberry--with scattered small wetlands, ponds, and riparian and upland woodlands.
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EE Wilson Wildlife Management Area
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This is a 1,700-acre wildlife area managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is predominantly grass-shrub habitat--some native, mostly patches of cultivated grass-forb or food crop surrounded by an abundance of himalayan blackberry--with scattered small wetlands, ponds, and riparian and upland woodlands.
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Location: Near Adair Village, 10 miles north of Corvallis on Highway 99W, west-central Willamette Valley.
Description: This is a 1,700-acre wildlife area managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is predominantly grass-shrub habitat--some native, mostly patches of cultivated grass-forb or food crop surrounded by an abundance of himalayan blackberry--with scattered small wetlands, ponds, and riparian and upland woodlands.
Outstanding Features: A compilation of known Willamette Valley sites with Yellow-breasted Chat revealed that about 20% of (roughly) 120 individuals known were located in the E. E. Wilson Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The site also provides significant habitat for Western Bluebirds and Willow Flycatchers. Trumpeter Swans and Dusky Canada Geese use the ponds for roosting. Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Red-Shouldered Hawk have been observed. About 195 species of birds have been seen on the WMA.
Conservation Issues While Yellow-breasted Chats once occurred more commonly in the Willamette Valley in native habitats, the high density of chats at E. E. Wilson are found mainly in some patches of Himalaya blackberry. We are concerned that at some point the need to eliminate or reduce the invasive blackberry plant may be detrimental to the chat population. However, a transition from blackberry to another suitable nesting substrate for the chat (e.g., possibly spirea), might be successful in maintaining chats.Links: • Summary Page of Audubon Society of Portland data in National Audubon Society database
• E. E. Wilson Home Page
• ODFW E. E. Wilson Visitor's GuideContact:
E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area
29555 Camp Adair Road
Monmouth, OR 97361
Phone (541) 745-5334 - 44.6706061651 -123.231925964
Location: Near Adair Village, 10 miles north of Corvallis on Highway 99W, west-central Willamette Valley.
Description: This is a 1,700-acre wildlife area managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It is predominantly grass-shrub habitat--some native, mostly patches of cultivated grass-forb or food crop surrounded by an abundance of himalayan blackberry--with scattered small wetlands, ponds, and riparian and upland woodlands.
Outstanding Features: A compilation of known Willamette Valley sites with Yellow-breasted Chat revealed that about 20% of (roughly) 120 individuals known were located in the E. E. Wilson Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The site also provides significant habitat for Western Bluebirds and Willow Flycatchers. Trumpeter Swans and Dusky Canada Geese use the ponds for roosting. Peregrine Falcon, Bald Eagle, Red-Shouldered Hawk have been observed. About 195 species of birds have been seen on the WMA.
Conservation Issues While Yellow-breasted Chats once occurred more commonly in the Willamette Valley in native habitats, the high density of chats at E. E. Wilson are found mainly in some patches of Himalaya blackberry. We are concerned that at some point the need to eliminate or reduce the invasive blackberry plant may be detrimental to the chat population. However, a transition from blackberry to another suitable nesting substrate for the chat (e.g., possibly spirea), might be successful in maintaining chats.
Links: • Summary Page of Audubon Society of Portland data in National Audubon Society database
• E. E. Wilson Home Page
• ODFW E. E. Wilson Visitor's Guide
Contact:
E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area
29555 Camp Adair Road
Monmouth, OR 97361
Phone (541) 745-5334
