Short video with Doug Tallamy. (3:58 minutes video) #Biodiversity #Insects #Native Plants #Habitat #Prairie #Wildflowers #Restoration

Conserving Oak Habitats in the Southern Willamette Valley (4 page brochure) Topics: Willamette Valley Oaks Yesterday and Today, Oak Species, Change in Extent of Willamette Valley Strategy Habitats, Willamette Valley Oak Habitats, Wildlife, Restoring Oak Habitats, What Does Oak Restoration Look Like?, Partners Working to Preserve and Manage Oak Habitats (Rivers To Ridges Partnership), Oak Habitat Resource Links. #OregonWhiteOaks #CityofEugene #OakWoodland #OakSavanna #Wildli

You can search the Oregon Explorer website (OSU Institute for Natural Resources) for a wealth of information about the natural history and landscapes of the Willamette Valley. Here are some snippets we gleaned on earlier explorations. "Preserving and restoring natural ecosystems is one way citizens of the Willamette Valley choose to maintain their quality of life." "By 1850...[the] ecological mosaic that had seen relatively gradual change for a 1,000 years entered a period