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  • South Findley Butte in winter on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. One reason it has survived is because it is slightly higher, dryer and colder than most bunchgrass prairies.
    winter_prairie_DurHM275.jpg
  • Storm clouds threaten to bring water to the parched bunchgrass prairie in Fall. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve.. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.
    stormy_prairie_DurHM200.jpg
  • Storm clouds bring water to the parched bunchgrass prairie in Fall. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.
    stormy_prairie_DurHM199.jpg
  • Middle Findley Butte and West Findley Butte and morning sky on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    prairie_sunrise_DurHM276.jpg
  • Unusually regular mounds of earth and vegetation commonly refered to as "mima mounds". Their formative mechanisms continue to be a mystery to scientists. Photographed from the air in spring at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining intact tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.
    Zumwalt_mima_mounds_SC12209MM2.jpg
  • (from left to right) Robert Taylor, Phil Shephard, Catherine Parks, and Susan Geer study a map before surveying The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve for non-native and invasive weeds. Keeping foreign plants out, and native plants in, is a Conservancy priority for managing the rare grassland. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-024.jpg
  • The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, one of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies in North America. Storm clouds are about to drench the parched grassland. © Michael Durham / www.Durmphoto.com
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  • Western long-eared bat (Myotis evotis) flying at night over The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Eastern Oregon.
    prairie_bat-MDurham256_5.jpg
  • Tallcup lupine and other spring blooms dominate the bunchgrass prairie at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrss prairie in North America.
    spring_flowers_DurHM197.jpg
  • Tallcup lupine and other spring blooms dominate the bunchgrass prairie at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrss prairie in North America.
    spring_flowers_DurHM189_1.jpg
  • Water gathers in low lying areas on the prairie during the wet weeks of Spring on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The Wallowa Mountains rise above the horizon. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    wallowa_mountains_DurHM271.jpg
  • An ochre ringlet butterfly (Coenonympha tullia) winging its way through flowers on Zumwalt Prairie. Spring 2002 The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve is one of the largest preserved examples of bunchgrass prairie habitat found in North America.
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  • A mound ant colony (Formica spp.) in the middle of a bunchgrass prairie in Notheast Oregon. May 2001. This is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This area contains some of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies left in North America
    ant_mound-MDurham407_13.jpg
  • A mound ant colony (Formica spp.) in the middle of a bunchgrass prairie in Notheast Oregon. May 2001. This is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This area contains some of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies left in North America
    ant_mound-MDurham406_13.jpg
  • In late fall the prairie becomes hot and dry, here seen with a solitary ponderosa pine tree. The seven devils of Idaho can barely be seen on the horizon. This is on private property directly adjacent to The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve.
    lone_ponderosa_DurHM280.jpg
  • Staff botanist for The Nature Conservancy, Susan Geer, works to distinguish native plants and non-native plants during a weed survey on Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. While a seemingly impossible task given the scope of the grassland, preserve employees and volunteers work to keep the prairie as ecologically healthy as possible. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-030.jpg
  • Staff botanist for The Nature Conservancy, Susan Geer, works to distinguish native plants and non-native plants during a weed survey on Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Bunchgrass prairies may contain thousands of native plants and some weeds as well. Keeping the native plants and eliminating weeds is a priority on the rare grassland.
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-029.jpg
  • Preserve ecologist for The Nature Conservancy, Rob Taylor, inspects grassland plants during a weed survey on  Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Keeping out foreign weeds, and allowing native vegetation to flourish is a Conservancy priority on the rare grassland. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-025.jpg
  • Author/Biologist Marcy Houle tours Zumwalt Prairie to survey historic nest sights originally found during her 1979 study recounted in her book "Prairie Keepers". Her original study will repeated by biologist Pat Kennedy in 2003/2004.
    Zumwalt-MarcyH-18.jpg
  • Preserve ecologist for The Nature Conservancy, Rob Taylor, consults with Catherine Parks from the US Forest Service during a weed survey on Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Keeping out foreign weeds, and allowing native vegetation to flourish is a Conservancy priority on the rare grassland. (Fully released0
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-028.jpg
  • During a weed survey, preserve ecologist for The Nature Conservancy, Rob Taylor, looks for "the sign of the beast" – patterns that indicate if this plant in a native grass or an invasive weed. Keeping out foreign weeds, and allowing native vegetation to flourish on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve is a Conservancy priority. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-027.jpg
  • Preserve ecologist for The Nature Conservancy, Rob Taylor, inspects grassland plants during a weed survey on  Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Keeping out foreign weeds, and allowing native vegetation to flourish is a Conservancy priority on the rare grassland. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-026.jpg
  • Spring weather in Wallowa County changes rapidly. May 14 dawned clear and warm with temperatures heading into the upper 70's. Afternoon brought a sudden electrical storm with heavy winds and rain, only to be followed by clear skies, and warm sun again. This rainbow, over a barn on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, harkened the breaking of the storm.
    Zumwalt-OR-MRD64-038.jpg
  • Tallcup lupine (Lupinus caudatus) on the bunchgrass prairie at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrss prairie in North America.
    Tallcup_lupine_DurHM201.jpg
  • Spring wildflowers bloom on bunchgrass prairie at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrss prairie in North America.
    prarie_DurHM208.jpg
  • An aerial view looking Southwest across the very begining of Camp Creek Canyon toward the wallowa mountain range in NE Oregon. This land is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest tract of intact native bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    zumwalt_prairie_aerial_DurHM206.jpg
  • An aerial view across grassland, aspen groves, and hawthorne shrubs toward the wallowa mountain range in NE Oregon. This land is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest tract of intact native bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    zumwalt_prairie_aerial_DurHM209.jpg
  • An aerial view looking into the rugged terrain of Camp Creek Canyon, part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining intact tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.
    zumwalt_prairie_aerial_DurHM207.jpg
  • A fall storm moves across the prairie as seen from an quacking aspen stand on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    Aspen_stand_DurHM287.jpg
  • An aerial view looking Southwest across Camp Creek Canyon toward the wallowa mountain range in NE Oregon. This land is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest tract of intact native bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    zumwalt_prairie_aerial_DurHM203.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Aspen_stand_DurHM285.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    quaking_aspen_DurHM291.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    quaking_aspen_DurHM286.jpg
  • An old stone shepherd's cairn on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve at dusk. Cairn's like this one dot the horizon of the high prairie. Some think they may have been built by the Nez Perce indians before the Basque shepherders arrived at the end of the 19th century. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    shepherd's_cairn_DurHM270.jpg
  • Detail of the bloom on a monument plant (Frasera speciosa). Photographed on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Spring 2001
    monument_plant_flower_DurHM280_3.jpg
  • A rare spalding's campion (Silene spaldingii) in bloom. The plant is considered a sensitive species in Oregon. Photographed on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    spalding's_campion_DurHM262.jpg
  • Aspen stands on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Aspen_stand_DurHM290.jpg
  • A monument plant (Frasera speciosa). Photographed on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    monument_plant_DurHM280_4.jpg
  • a mule deer doe (Odocoileus hemionus) jumps through spring flowers in The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining intct tract of native bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    jumping_deer_DurHM216.jpg
  • Bunchgrass prairie, ponderosa pine stands and a view across the border of the Seven Devils of Idaho mountain range. This area contains some of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies in North America. This grassland is part of The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Northeast Oregon.
    Zumwalt_Prairie-MDurham394_9.jpg
  • An Aspen stand with hawthorne shrubs on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The aspen stands have been slowly dissappearing from the prairie, the reasons are unclear but young saplings are typically destroyed by browsing animals such as deer and elk. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    quaking_aspen_DurHM292.jpg
  • Lupine flowers in grassland with South Findley Butte at dawn. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon, Zumwalt holds some of the largest remaining tracts of intact bunchgrass prairie in North America.
    zumwalt_prairie-MDurham305_11.jpg
  • Unusually regular mounds of earth and vegetation commonly refered to as "mima mounds". Their formative mechanisms continue to be a mystery to scientists. Photographed from the air in spring at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining intact tract of native bunchgrass prairie in North America.
    mima_mounds_DurHM205.jpg
  • An old dirt track follows the path up lower Camp Creek Canyon at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrss prairie in North America.
    canyon_road_DurHM204.jpg
  • Entemologist Cliff Ferris holds a large Ceanothus silk moth (Hyalophora euryalus) on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Ceanothus_silk_moth_DurHM266.jpg
  • Entemologist Cliff Ferris holds a large Ceanothus silk moth (Hyalophora euryalus) on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Cliff_Ferris_DurHM268.jpg
  • Mixed grassland/ponderosa pine habitat on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This area contains some of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass priairies left in North America. Findley Buttes and the Wallowa Mountains are visible on the horizon.
    Zumwalt_Prairie-MDurham396_9.jpg
  • Imnaha Valley as seen from a high praire on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The high grassland is frequently broken by rugged canyon land and ponderosa timber stands. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest intact tract of native bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Imnaha_Valley_DurHM252.jpg
  • Entemologist Cliff Ferris chases butterflies on the Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is one of the largest remaining intact patches of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Cliff_Ferris_DurHM269.jpg
  • An old dirt track follows the path up lower Camp Creek Canyon at The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Zumwalt Prairie is the largest remaining tract of native bunchgrss prairie in North America.
    canyon_roadDurHM202.jpg
  • An old livery barn marks the old stage coach route between Enterprise and Imnaha. Long ago, a more direct route was paved between the two towns. This is turned now into Zumwalt Road which leads up to the high prairie and The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The cloud shrouded Wallowa Mountain Range is on the horizon.
    old_livery_barn_DurHM280_2.jpg
  • A belding ground squirrel pup nuzzles up to his mother on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The pups first emerged from their burrow the previous week. Called locally &quot;red diggers&quot;, they provide a food source for one of tha largest concentrations of breeding raptors in North America. <br />
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A belding ground squirrel pup nuzzles up to his mother on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The pups first emerged from their burrow the previous week. Called locally &quot;red diggers&quot;, they provide a food source for one of tha largest concentrations of breeding raptors in North America.
    belding_ground_squirrel-OR-MRD64-007.jpg
  • Dry grassalnd in habitat with rabbit brush flowers in late fall on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. South Findley Butte is visible on the horizon.
    Zumwalt_Prairie-MDurham392_9.jpg
  • A family of belding ground squirrels (mother center, pups either side) stay close to their burrow on the native bunchgrass prairie habitat that is found on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The pups first emerged from their burrow the previous week.  Called locally &quot;red diggers&quot;, they provide a food source for one of tha largest concentrations of breeding raptors in North America.
    belding_ground_squirrel-OR-MRD64-008.jpg
  • Male vivid dancer damselfly (Argia vivida) in flight. Photographed with a high-speed camera on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
    vivid_dancer_damselfly_110406DZ1.jpg
  • Female vivid dancer damselfly (Argia vivida) in flight. Photographed with a high-speed camera on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
    vivid_dancer_damselfly_110406DZ2.jpg
  • Part of the Imnaha Valley as seen from TV Pasture on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Such rugged canyons frequently break up the landscape on the high prairie.
    _Imnaha_Valley_DurHM274.jpg
  • Mountain Fritillary butterfly (Speyeria mormonia)  on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Praire Preserve in NE Oregon. August 2002. This prairie is one of largest surviving tracts of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    Fritillary_butterfly-MDurham303_11.jpg
  • Elk (Cervus elephus nelsoni) running on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon.
    elk_running_winterMDurham561_49.jpg
  • An elk bull, cow and calf (Cervus elephus nelsoni) running on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon.
    elk_running_winterMDurham560_49.jpg
  • A western harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis) forages for food under a penstemon shrub. The Natuer Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oergon.
    western_harvest_mouse_DurHM191.jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) flushing from the grassland. These birds are being re-introduced to the NE corner of Oregon by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife after a 40 year absence from the state. Private farm land, near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon.
    grouse_flight-MDurham360_7.jpg
  • A belding ground squirrel pup nuzzles up to his mother on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The pups first emerged from their burrow the previous week. Called locally &quot;red diggers&quot;, they provide a food source for one of tha largest concentrations of breeding raptors in North America.
    belding_ground_squirrel-OR-MRD64-005.jpg
  • Two red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) nearly fledged still in the nest. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve - one of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies left in North America. It supporta na unusually large raptor population because of the high populations of belding ground squirrels and other rodents.
    red-tailed_hawk_nest_DurHM265_1.jpg
  • Two red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) nearly fledged still in the nest. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve - one of the largest remaining intact bunchgrass prairies left in North America. It supporta na unusually large raptor population because of the high populations of belding ground squirrels and other rodents.
    red-tailed_hawk_in_nest_DurHM264.jpg
  • A belding ground squirrel pup nuzzles up to his mother on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. The pups first emerged from their burrow the previous week. Called locally &quot;red diggers&quot;, they provide a food source for one of tha largest concentrations of breeding raptors in North America.
    belding_ground_squirrel-OR-MRD64-006.jpg
  • A pair of young bushy-tailed woodrats (Neotoma cinera) get into a scrap - at night in Camp Creek Canyon in The Natuer Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Perserve. NE Oregon.
    bushy_woodrat_night_DurHM196.jpg
  • Frost bound snake river phlox (Phlox colubrina), early Spring. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
    icy_phlox_flower_12307022.jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) at a lek on private property near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon. These birds were re-introduced into the grassland by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once abundant they were gone from NE Oregon by the early 60's.
    columbia_sharp-tailed_grouse-MDurham...jpg
  • A bachelor herd of young bull elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Oregon.
    bachelor_elk_herd_32808SF_4V2.jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) at a lek on private property near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon. These birds were re-introduced into the grassland by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once abundant they were gone from NE Oregon by the early 60's.
    columbia_sharp-tailed_grouse-MDurham...jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) dancing at a lek on private property near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon. These birds were re-introduced into the grassland by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once abundant they were gone from NE Oregon by the early 60's.
    columbia_sharp-tailed_grouse-MDurham...jpg
  • Quacking aspen trees stand dormant on a winter night on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Northeast Oregon.
    winter_trees_at_night_DurHM219.jpg
  • An iridescent cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae sp.) in flight. Photographed in The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon. The name 'cuckoo wasp' is attributed to the fact that this insect, like the cuckoo bird, lays her eggs in the nest of an unsuspecting host. This insect was photographed after being spotted following small leafcutter bees to their nest with the plan of laying an egg in a larvae chamber of the host bee, concealing her activity by re-sealing the hole she made, and then leaving and allowing her offspring to kill and consume the host larvae, in some cases with occasional feedings by the host. Please note: The background of this image was digitally expanded to allow for better composition.
    _iridescent_cuckoo_wasp_63006ZHS1.jpg
  • A wild striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis) photographed at night on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Eastern Oregon.
    Mephitis_mephitis-MDurham414_14.jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) dancing at a lek on private property near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon. These birds were re-introduced into the grassland by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once abundant they were gone from NE Oregon by the early 60's.
    columbia_sharp-tailed_grouse-MDurham...jpg
  • A bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinera) runs along scree - at night in Camp Creek Canyon in The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Perserve. NE Oregon.
    jumping_woodrat_DurHM245.jpg
  • A pair of young bushy-tailed woodrats (Neotoma cinera) get into a scrap - at night in Camp Creek Canyon in The Natuer Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Perserve. NE Oregon.
    playing_woodrat_DurHM244.jpg
  • A herd of rocky mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni) on the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon. Elk generally find it safer in the open as mountain lions and wolves will ambush them in forest settings.
    elk_herd_32808SF_ekV5.jpg
  • A brown phase black bear (Ursus americanus) in a remote canyon of the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This bear carries the seeds of houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) a non-native invasive weed on its neck and shoulder, thus illustrating the diffculty of weed control once non-native plants are introduced. Photographed at night with a motion sensing camera. Summer 2002
    animal_weed_distribution_MDurham629_...jpg
  • A mule deer walks a road at night in Camp Creek Canyon, on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Perserve.
    mule_deer_winter_coat_DurHM192.jpg
  • A downy great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) chick in a barn window on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
    great_horned_owl_MDurham603_71.jpg
  • A leafcutter bee (Megachile frigida) on rabbitbrush flowers in the The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, Oregon.
    leafcutter_bee_MDurham491_30.jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) at a lek on private property near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon. These birds were re-introduced into the grassland by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once abundant they were gone from NE Oregon by the early 60's.
    columbia_sharp-tailed_grouse-MDurham...jpg
  • A columbia sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus) dancing at a lek on private property near Zumwalt Prairie, Oregon. These birds were re-introduced into the grassland by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Once abundant they were gone from NE Oregon by the early 60's.
    columbia_sharp-tailed_grouse-MDurham...jpg
  • A bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinera) at night in Camp Creek Canyon in The Natuer Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Perserve. NE Oregon.
    bushy_woodrat_night_DurHM194.jpg
  • Great Basin Fritillary butterfly (Speyeria egleis) on Varileaf Phacelia bloom (Phacelia heterophylla) on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Praire Preserve in NE Oregon.
    Fritillary_butterfly-MDurham302_11.jpg
  • The view of Imnaha Valley from TV Pasture on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwal Prairie Preserve.
    Imnaha_Valley_DurHM273.jpg
  • A honeybee (Apis mellifera) flying between flowers in the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Praire Preserve.
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  • Black walnut (Juglans nigra) tree in Camp Creek Canyon, Zumwalt Prarie. Early fall, Oregon.
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  • A bluet damselfly (Enallagma sp.) in flight. The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Praire Preserve in Ne Oregon.
    bluet_damselfly_MDurham656.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Felis concolor) photographed with a motion sensing camera at night. In a small canyon draw on Zumwalt Praire, Oregon.
    cougar_at_night_DurM26.jpg
  • A wild cougar (Felis concolor) photographed with a motion sensing camera at night. In a small canyon draw on Zumwalt Praire, Oregon.
    cougar_at_night_DurM25.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, moves a rock to repair a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. Zumwalt Praire is the largest and highest quality bunchgrass prairie left in North America. Most bunchgrass prairies have been converted to agriculture.
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-037.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, repairs a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained  to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass. (fully released)
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-035.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, checks an antique range fence in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass. (fully released)
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-033.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, surveys a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass.
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-034.jpg
  • Andi Mitchell, Preserve Steward for The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, repairs a fence line in preparation to open the grassland to cattle grazing. The old barbed wire fence is being maintained  to contain cattle while allowing wildlife, such as elk and deer, to pass. (Fully released)
    Zumwalt_Prairie-OR-MRD64-032.jpg
  • Field of common camas flower (Camassia quamash) on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Late June 2001. This Preserve contains some of the largest, most intact examples of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    camas_flower-MDurham299_11.jpg
  • Field of common camas flower (Camassia quamash) on The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Late June 2001. This Preserve contains some of the largest, most intact examples of bunchgrass prairie left in North America.
    camas_flower-MDurham301_11.jpg
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