On December 27, 2020, our partners at DoveLewis Animal Emergency Hospital received this Glaucous-winged Gull from a Clark County officer that rescued the bird at the Washington State University campus in Vancouver.
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On December 8, a plan to convert the Elliott State Forest into an Oregon State University research forest took a major step forward when the Oregon Land Board, composed of Governor Brown, Treasurer Read, and Secretary of State Clarno, advanced a proposed plan into its final phase.
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Right now, Pine Siskins need our help. Our Wildlife Care Center is seeing increased admissions of flocking birds, primarily Pine Siskins, due to salmonella.
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For communities that have borne the burdens of a contaminated river for generations, Willamette Cove embodies the need to redress harms through renewed access, reclamation, and restoration. That will only happen if the Metro Council steps up.
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Along with the steady drip of rain, one of the surest signs of approaching winter in Portland is the seasonal congregation of crows in downtown.
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Sabin is one of Portland’s tree-deficient neighborhoods. In recent years, as infill has increased, many of the largest trees in Sabin and adjoining neighborhoods have been removed. In the summer, the neighborhood cooks under the glare of the sun.
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This fall, the City will do a periodic update of its Economic Opportunities Analysis (EOA), which looks at supply and demand of industrial land over a twenty-year period.
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Double-crested Cormorants have long been one of the most persecuted species in North America. Sadly, the agency charged with protecting them, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), has bowed time and time again to interests that want to kill cormorants for doing what they need to do to survive: eating fish.
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This life full of birds has not only taught me much of what I know about the places that I have lived in, but reinforced much of my belief that I can teach almost anything through birds.
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We all know and love the Chapman Vaux’s Swifts. Here are the observations from staffer Candace Larson on how they are behaving in the midst of the smoke.
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