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03/18/2026

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07/01/2024

Another great work hitch at Big Hole National Battlefield - one of my favorite places to spend time chasing rare plants, pollen wasps, and invasive weeds. We’re winning out there!

11/02/2022

Migrating animals are good at making long trips between seasons. These trips can be dangerous, and scientists monitor migrators in United States National Parks to help detect dangers and find solutions. However, migrators are challenging to monitor. Sometimes they only stay in a park for a few days....

10/25/2022

We in the Upper Columbia Basin Network are very excited to be a part of this story!

An unusual three-way partnership hopes to find ways to more effectively replant and restore High Desert land scarred by wildfire. OSU-Cascades, the

12/08/2021

New Park Science article about our work on sagebrush steppe conservation in parks!

This article was originally published in the “In Brief” section of Park Science magazine, Volume 35, Number 1, Winter 2021 (December 2021).

10/21/2021

Tis the season! Happy Halloween-ish!

In this episode, we chat with bat experts Tom Rodhouse and Sara Rose about the role of bats in Pacific Northwest ecosystems, and a specific project that sets out to learn more about them.Community Conservation is Oregon Wildlife Foundation’s free online wildlife series where we explore conservati...

09/11/2019

Here is a story about our recent efforts at collaborative monitoring among NPS and other partners, coordinated by the Northwestern Bat Hub at OSU-Cascades.

The hoary bat, the species of bat most frequently found dead at wind power facilities, is declining at a rate that threatens its long-term future in the Pacific Northwest, according to a novel and comprehensive research collaboration based at Oregon State University–Cascades.

01/11/2017

Read about the threats bat populations in the U.S National Park system are facing and the conservation strategies that are essential for their protection. A summary of a study led by UCBN Ecologist, Tom Rodhouse.

Study says ‘Unprecedented threats’ to bats in National Parks By Dana Kobilinsky Posted on January 6, 2017 A Townsend’s big-eared bat flies through a cave in Craters of the Moon National Park in Idaho. ©Michael Durham Researchers studying bat populations throughout the U.S. national park system say a...

11/16/2016

A new paper about bats across the entire National Park system is available as part of the forthcoming NPS Centennial special issue of Ecosphere, here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecs2.1576/full

Notice: Wiley Online Library will be unavailable on Saturday 26th November 2016 from 07:00-11:00 GMT / 02:00-06:00 EST / 15:00-19:00 SGT for essential maintenance. Apologies for the inconvenience.

10/06/2016

Check out our Summer/Fall Issue of the Basin Bulletin!

https://irma.nps.gov/DataStore/DownloadFile/558583

08/25/2016

08/25/2016

Happy Birthday National Park Service! Here is to many more years of enjoyment of these wonderful areas!

They're yours you know? The National Park Service is 100 years old on August 25, 2016. This video will take you from 0-100. Credit/Author: National Park Serv...