Hello Wildlifers! Here is a grant opp from the Oregon Zoo: Friends and Colleagues, Once again it is our pleasure to solicit proposals for funding from our Pacific Northwest Future for Wildlife Fund. The Future for Wildlife program is an ongoing partnership between the Oregon Zoo and the Oregon Zoo Foundation that provides grants to […]
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Join ORTWS for our 50th Annual Meeting February 3-5 at the Seaside Convention Center! Registration is now open! It’s easiest to register yourself, then forward the invoice to your admin to pay online via paypal, by mail-in check, or by contacting our treasurer. If you are an ORTWS member please log in with your email
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In case you missed it, TWS featured a PNW study on our bat species! The study is a result of 10 years of bat monitoring across multiple organizations, and now has probability maps for 11 bat species in Oregon and Washington. You can read the actual study here: Establishing conservation baselines with dynamic distribution models
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Dear ORTWS Members, Big thanks to those of you who participated in our legislative liaison survey! The survey was sent to over300 members and 47 of you replied or roughly 15% of the membership. The first and second questions were the most decisive, asking if you thought a legislative liaison was of value to ORTWS
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A recent study has discovered seasonal pattern to white-nose syndrome, a fungal infection that has devastated bat populations in the Eastern US and had us bat fans here in the west sitting on edge waiting for the ball to drop. Fatality rate is high when bat populations are at their lowest, just before females birth
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On September 25 and 26, ORTWS attended the Pacific Logging Congress 7th “In the Woods” show. The show is an educational outreach program put on every year to teach school-aged children about sustainable logging in the Pacific Northwest. The show regularly plays host to over 2,000 children in 2 days. The Oregon Chapter of The
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There is a lecture at the World Forestry Center in Portland next week. The speaker comes recommended by one of our board members, and admission is free! If you are also free next Friday evening this might be an event for you. Title: Orangutans, Elephants and People: Opportunities and Challenges for Wildlife Conservation in Malaysian
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