Supporting Urban Ecosystem Research
The 14th Annual Urban Ecology and Conservation Symposium was hosted by Portland State University today. Speakers from all over the world...
Surveying for Kincaid's Lupine
Native prairie habitats across Willamette Valley have been decimated and the patches of remaining habitats are highly fragmented. This degradation of prairie landscapes have been primarily lost as a result of spreading agriculture, urbanization, and other development. The US Fish and Wildlife Services has been working with local land owners to promote land management for two rare, endemic Willamette Valley prairie species: Kincaid's Lupine (Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii)
Leading a Habitat Restoration Event
After designing a planting-plan for this small parcel of riparian habitat with the Tryon Creek Watershed Council, I have organized and lead various restoration events to assist private landowners with improving this area. Over the course of several years we have removed English ivy (Hedera helix) and Himilayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus). We have also planted hundreds of native grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees. Healthy riparian areas are important because they improve wate