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Tag: rangeland ecology

Meadowlands

Across parts of the West, green meadows have given way to eroding banks like this creek near Izee in Eastern Oregon. The white layer is ash from the eruption of Mount Mazama, which led to the creation of Crater Lake more than 7,000 years ago. (Photo: Gordon Grant)

Can beavers restore this eroded stream channel?

Tags CEOAS, rangeland ecology, water resources

Healthy Planet

Anatomy of a Climate Tool

Post author By shermale
Post date May 11, 2015

A climate scientist and a student surveyed land managers in sagebrush country to create a blueprint for a practical, nimble, accessible computer tool for helping manage fires, protect wildlife, reseed vegetation and control invasives in a shifting landscape.

Tags Climate Change, College of Agricultural Sciences, Conservation Biology Institute, dominique bachelet, OCCRI, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, rangeland ecology, sage grouse, sagebrush

Healthy Planet

How Fire Saves Water

Post author By hardtb
Post date December 26, 2012

Parts of the Oregon outback are a poetic juxtaposition of passionate color scattered among charred, stalagmitic trees piercing the sky above like mighty javelins. In autumn, the understory blazes in hues of red, orange and yellow — colors that light the burnt forest as if it were once again on fire.

Tags environment, high desert, juniper, Natural Resources, rangeland ecology