Late-successional forests and wildlife species associated with old-growth have received most of the attention from conservationists and public land managers since the 1980′s.  But on the Corvallis Watershed and Siuslaw National Forest, open, early-successional stands have become increasingly uncommon. In an effort to preserve plant and animal species that are dependent on this important habitat [...]

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OWI wildlife ecologist, Dave Vesely, just completed a conservation assessment of the kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) in southeast Oregon for the BLM/USFS Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species Program.

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Dave Vesely, OWI ecologist, will be among the speakers at Pacific Northwest Agroforestry Practices workshop on July 8, 2015 in Salem.  For more information, see the LMS Final Poster Agenda.

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Presentation: Conserving Purple Martin’s in OSU’s McDonald-Dunn Research Forest When: March 19, 2014 6:30 pm Where: Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center, Ecotrust Building 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209 The purple martin, once common in the Willamette Valley, has experienced a steep population decline since the 1940’s.  The primary causes are thought to be [...]

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National Public Radio’s (NPR) Morning Edition recently broadcast a story on conservation detection dogs which featured several of Dave Vesely’s Belgian sheepdogs that are trained to find western pond turtle nests, Kincaid’s lupine, and other wildlife species.  The story was written by NPR science reporter, Adam Cole, who followed Vesely’s dogs Knife and Rogue during [...]

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