Conservation Column

Debbie Schlenoff                                541.685.0610                             dschlenoff (at) msn.comWith the arrival of fall, I’m thinking about…

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…