LCAS hosted two Swift Events this fall, as usual. What was unusual about the events was that we saw virtually NO Vaux’s Swifts. During the first evening, September 11, we saw three swifts fly over the Agate Hall chimney. No…
Debbie Schlenoff 541.685.0610 dschlenoff (at) msn.comMembers of Lane County Audubon Society care about…
Debbie Schlenoff 541.685.0610 dschlenoff (at) msn.comThe Greater Sage-Grouse has been a subject of…
Debbie Schlenoff 541.685.0610 dschlenoff (at) msn.comUPDATE: The BLM has extended the comment period for…
Debbie Schlenoff 541.685.0610 dschlenoff (at) msn.comA recent article in Current Biology (Conde et…
Debbie Schlenoff 541.685.0610 dschlenoff (at) msn.comThe Oregon public is concerned about the harmful…
Debbie Schlenoff 541.685.0610 dschlenoff (at) msn.comThe federal government grants grazing permits to allow…
Debbie SchlenoffSome people argue that we need to privatize the publicly owned 93,000-acre Elliott State Forest and sell it to timber interests to generate money for our school funds. The argument does not hold water (although our forests do!) when…
Debbie SchlenoffAs described in the president’s column last month, the National Audubon Society recently released a report indicating that over half of North American bird species are threatened by climate change. (See the report at http://climate.audubon.org/.) The geographical ranges in…
Debbie SchlenoffScientists are studying the psychological benefits that accrue when people listen to the sounds of birds. It is thought that hearing birds sing may help us to relax and recover from stress, assist our focus on tasks, and inspire…