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  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS3.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews prepares to collect blood from a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS7.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS1.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS5.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews collects data on a three day old elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will be radio collared so that its movements and health may be studied. It is blind folded to help it feel less stress during the process.
    trapped-ElkCalf15.jpg
  • A 2 day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) has blood drawn by biologist Scott Findholdt with the Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife. Sled Springs Study Area in NE Oregon
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfR4.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews places a radio collar on a newborn elk calf in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The collar will allow biologists to track its movements and monitor its health.
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfS8.jpg
  • A 2 day old rocky mountain elk calf is outfitted with a radio collar by biologist Scott Findholdt with the Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife. Sled Springs Study Area in NE Oregon
    wildlife_biologist-ElkCalfR1.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
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf3.jpg
  • A panicked three day old elk calf stuck in a wire range fence in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will die unless disentangled from the wire. (It was later set free by a ODFW biologist).
    trapped-ElkCalf11.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-6.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-4.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-2.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7.jpg
  • A wild, male newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf7.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf6.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf2.jpg
  • Oregon Division Of Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Findholdt searches for Elk using a radio telemetry. Blue Mountains, Oregon. Sled Springs Study Area.
    wildlife_biologist-Scottf1.jpg
  • Red bone hound dogs, owned by Ted Craddock, pick up the scent of a cougar while riding on a special platform. The platform is designed to give the dogs first whiff of animals that have crossed the road. Part of a cougar survey for The Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife in Wallowa County. Wenaha Study Area
    tracking_dogs_RedBone3.jpg
  • Red bone hound dogs, owned by Ted Craddock, pick up the scent of a cougar while riding on a special platform. The platform is designed to give the dogs first whiff of animals that have crossed the road. Part of a cougar survey for The Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife in Wallowa County. Wenaha Study Area
    tracking_dogs_RedBone2.jpg
  • Red bone hound dogs, owned by Ted Craddock, pick up the scent of a cougar while riding on a special platform. The platform is designed to give the dogs first whiff of animals that have crossed the road. Part of a cougar survey for The Oregon Division of Fish and Wildlife in Wallowa County. Wenaha Study Area
    tracking_dogs_RedBone1.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-3.jpg
  • Still warm, a yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) lays were it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-1.jpg
  • A wild, male newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf8.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf5.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf24.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf23.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    ElkCalf22.jpg
  • A wild, newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    ElkCalf21.jpg
  • A three day old elk calf stuck in a wire range fence in the Sled Springs Elk Study Area. The calf will die unless disentangled from the wire. (It was later set free by a ODFW biologist).
    trapped-ElkCalf10.jpg
  • A wild, male newborn rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) calf less than 24 hours old. Newborn calves like this one will lay still and do their best to hide when a threat is perceived. Sled Springs Elk Study Area, Northeast Oregon.
    newborn_elk_calf_ElkCalf1.jpg
  • Oregon Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) biologist Scott Findholdt checks a still warm, yearling rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus elaphus) where it was killed by a cougar. The cougar jumped on the animals back and then broke its neck. Wenaha cougar study area, Eastern Oregon.
    cougar_killed_elk_ElkKill7-5.jpg
  • A three year old boy with a pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla). Full released. #21205Ian
    boy_and_frog_21206Ian3.jpg
  • Three year old Ian Wilhelm with a pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla). Full released. #21205Ian
    boy_and_frog_21206Ian2.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, 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
  • A three year old boy with a pacific treefrog (Pseudacris regilla). Full released. #21205Ian
    boy_and_frog_21206Ian1.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
  • Forest Service Biologist Pat Ormsbee (left) converses with Humboldt University professor of bioacoustics Joe Szewczak while waiting for evening to fall for a bat survey in central Washington.
    bat_research_61108BT-51.jpg
  • Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews disentangles a panicked, three day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) from a cattle fence in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area, Oregon.
    trapped-ElkCalf12.jpg
  • Oregon Department Of Fish And Wildlife biologist Pat Matthews disentangles a panicked, three day old rocky mountain elk calf (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) from a cattle fence in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area, Oregon.
    trapped-ElkCalf13.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
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-226.jpg
  • Mist nets being deployed over a road at night for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-234.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-224.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-222.jpg
  • Mist nets being set up over a road for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-215.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University works on freeing a juvenile eastern bluebird from the mist nets used to capture bats during a study project for Indiana bats. The mist nets were hung out to dry after nightly decontamination and the inexperienced bird tried to land on the neet andquickly got tangled.It was released moments later, slightly phased but in good condition.
    bird_tangled-61613ten-117.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University works on freeing a juvenile eastern bluebird from the mist nets used to capture bats during a study project for Indiana bats. The mist nets were hung out to dry after nightly decontamination and the inexperienced bird tried to land on the neet andquickly got tangled.It was released moments later, slightly phased but in good condition.
    bird_tangled-61613ten-113.jpg
  • Vanessa Rojas<br />
PhD Student<br />
Biology Department<br />
Indiana State University works on freeing a juvenile eastern bluebird from the mist nets used to capture bats during a study project for Indiana bats. The mist nets were hung out to dry after nightly decontamination and the inexperienced bird tried to land on the neet andquickly got tangled.It was released moments later, slightly phased but in good condition.
    bird_tangled-61613ten-105.jpg
  • A ten day old elk calf freshly released after being caught by ODFW biologists in the Sled Springs Elk Research Area. The calf is outfitted with a radio collar to allow biologists to track its movements and monitor its health as part of an elk predation study.
    radio_collar-ElkCalf20.jpg
  • Mist nets being deployed over a road at night for a project to study Indiana bats in the Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee.
    bat_research-61613ten-231.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-357.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-330.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-314.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    oregon_spotted_frog-71712sf2-306.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-241.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-356.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-345.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-335.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-317.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-315.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    kyle_tidwell-71712sf2-342.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    oregon_spotted_frog-71712sf2-307.jpg
  • Student Biologist Kyle Tidwell studies Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. © Michael Durham / www.DurmPhoto.com
    oregon_spotted_frog-71712sf2-167.jpg
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