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Up one levelWetland Restoration Tour in Kings Valley June 26
Learn habitat restoration techniques and see and learn about the threatened plant species, Nelson’s checkermallow.
October Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteers needed! Help restore habitats in the Willamette Valley on October 7th, 12th and 14th
IAE to Assist with Yamhill HCP
IAE to work with Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District on a Habitat Conservation Plan for the endangered Fender's blue butterfly on private lands
Wild Willow: An Evening with Artist Patrick Dougherty - Oct 18
Wild Willow: Weaving Art, Humanities, and Science
Volunteers needed Oct 18 to dig bulbs!
Please help us dig cultivated camas bulbs for use at a restoration site
Restoring Invasion-resistant Wet Prairies in the Willamette Valley
IAE/NPSO Intern publishes article about EPA funded restoration project
Burning to Restore!
IAE partners with Army Corps to control exotic grasses in fire-maintained wet prairies
Using sheep to help endangered species
Willamette daisy habitat may be improved through controlled grazing with sheep to control weedy grasses
Climate change effects on endangered species
How will climate change affect the threatened Kincaid's lupine?
New IAE study published: Small daisy populations in peril
New study shows that small populations of Willamette daisy can't reproduce, but little evidence for local adaptation within this endangered species.
What makes lilies flower? It's the climate.
Gentner's fritillary, an endangered plant in southwest Oregon, responds strongly to annual variation in climate, new study finds
Marsh Makeover: see the Video
Tidal marsh restoration project at Bandon Marsh, featuring IAE's Estuary Technical Group leader Laura Brophy - 4 minute video
Native Plant Propagation Workshop 3/3/12
IAE's Matt Blakeley-Smith to teach propagation techniques - open to the public
Mariposa lily rarer than thought
Research suggests greater risk of extinction for the rare Crinite mariposa lily
Native Plant Propagation Workshop 3/3/12
IAE's Matt Blakeley-Smith to teach propagation techniques - open to the public
Second Native Plant Propagation Workshop 3/8/12
The first workshop filled so fast that we are offering a second!
Controlling the Invasive False Brome: Workshop 4/4/12
False brome workshop to be held in Portland, Oregon
Native Plant Educator's Workshops 3/10/12 and 5/5/12
Exploring Oregon’s Native Plants: An Educator’s Workshop Focused on Place-based Learning
IAE Volunteer Expedition: Illinois Valley, Oregon 4/30-5/4/12
Join us for a multi-day service and learning trip to southern Oregon's serpentine country to monitor populations of the endangered Cook's desert-parsley (Lomatium cookii)
New Seed Cooperative
Willamette Valley Native Seed Cooperative Invites Seed Producers To First Meeting
Bandon Marsh Restoration Team Recognized
Bandon Marsh Restoration Team Recognized by the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society
We will be doing a native planting right at Calapooia School in Albany and would love to have some assistance with the 6th graders.
Volunteers needed in April: Golden paintbrush planting
Volunteers needed to help plant golden paintbrush April 10, 12, 14, 18 & 20
Volunteer opportunity: Planting Kincaid's lupine, Friday April 20th
Help get our climate change experiment started!
May Golden Paintbrush Volunteer Opportunities
Golden Paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) is a federally listed endangered species that has become locally extinct in the Willamette Valley. The Institute for Applied Ecology has been planting or seeding this species into experimental plots in upland prairies in the Willamette Valley since 2004. Now we need your help to go back to all of these sites to monitor the effectiveness of reintroduction efforts.
Citizen Science with Project Budburst!
Working with elementary students at Muddy Creek Charter School and Waldorf School in Corvallis, IAE education staff helps kids become citizen scientists through Project Budburst.
Oregon Sustainable Prisons Project Launched
New project connects Oregon prison inmates with conservation and sustainability activities
Native Plant Curriculum travels to Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
The Tualatin River Wildlife Refuge and West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District sponsored Institute for Applied Ecology in presenting an educators workshop "Exploring Native Plants - From Salmonberry to Sagebrush."
Thorpe to give Outstanding Alumni Lecture May 24
Dr. Andrea Thorpe, 2012 FES Outstanding Alumni, to Give Seminar on Ecological Restoration May 24 “Avoiding the Curse of Sisyphus in Ecological Restoration”
IAE Receives Development Grant
Meyer Memorial Trust provides funds to support IAE’s new Development Program
IAE Receives Joint Award from FHWA
ODOT and partners receive “Exemplary Ecosystem Initiative” awards for two projects in Oregon
