The caching of whitebark pine seeds by the Clark’s nutcracker in late summer and early fall may not be enough to regenerate populations of the imperiled conifer in most of its range, scientists have found.
Their research — which is featured in t…
PORTLAND, Ore. February 1, 2011. Fact: The sex of some species of turtles is determined by the temperature of the nest: warm nests produce females, cooler nests, males. And although turtles have been on the planet for about 220 million years, …
Community watershed councils can establish a social infrastructure that facilitates successful science-based management by participating in data collection and forming neighborhood peer networks, according to a study from the U.S. Forest Servi…
The opening of buds on Douglas-fir trees each spring is the result of a complex interplay between cold and warm temperatures during the winter, scientists with the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station have found.
Their rese…
PORTLAND, Ore. December 21, 2010. “When I first picked up the cub, she was biting my hand,” explains wildlife biologist Bruce Marcot. He was trying to calm the squirming cub while its sedated mother slept nearby.
In the snowy spring of 2009, Por…
A study conducted by U.S. Forest Service and University of Washington (UW) scientists has found that fuel treatments — even of only a few acres — can reduce fire severity and protect older trees desirable for their timber, wildlife, and carbon-sto…