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Did you miss the KSON quarterly meeting?

Klamath Siskiyou Oak Network is a collaborative regional partnership that works to conserve oak habitats on private and public lands in southern Oregon and northern California. This presentation’s speaker was Jena Volpe, a KSON steering committee member and Fire Ecologist with the Medford BLM. She discussed the Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands Environmental Assessment (IVM-RL EA), which creates a toolbox for the BLM to increase the scope, scale, and pace of proactive treatments over a 10 year period.

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Klamath Siskiyou Oak Network Quarterly Meeting April 28th

The Klamath Siskiyou Oak Network (KSON) is holding its second quarterly meeting of 2022 on Thursday, April 28th from 9-10:30 am. This collaborative regional partnership works to conserve oak habitats on private and public lands in southern Oregon and northern California. Our speaker this month is Jena Volpe, a KSON steering committee member and Fire Ecologist with the Medford BLM. She will be discussing the Integrated Vegetation Management for Resilient Lands Environmental Assessment (IVM-RL EA), which creates a toolbox for the BLM to increase the scope, scale, and pace of proactive treatments over a 10 year period. Please email mlm@klamathbird.org for the Zoom link.

Burns and Birds: What’s Left After Fire

Landscape after the Quartz fire (c) KBO archives

Jaime Stephens, Klamath Bird Observatory Science Director, was recently interviewed on the Jefferson Exchange. She shared results from a recently published study that found fire severity and the number of years post fire were both critical to unveiling potential benefits for birds. You can listen to the full Jefferson Exchange broadcast online by clicking here.  To learn more about this study an d the results found click here and read the full press release or view the full paper published in The Condor: Ornithological Applications.