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Calling the Western meadowlark home

11/3/2009 - Article published in The Oregonian newspaper

Calling the Western meadowlark home

by Abby Haight, The Oregonian Thursday March 05, 2009, 8:30 AM

Three Willamette Valley wetlands are being restored as part of a broad effort to attract the Western meadowlark back to its historic breeding ground.

The Institute for Applied Ecology project includes removing tree rows that are barriers to meadowlark movement and piecing together smaller prairies to create larger, continuous meadows that the birds prefer...

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