January 11, 2021

Snags, Downed Wood, and Fire

January 11, 2021

What are wildlife-loving landowners and land managers to do? In this article, Forest Ecologist and SOLC Land Steward Lyndia Hammer delves into the details of forest management for fire preparedness while preserving wildlife habitat. Lyndia visits the conserved White Oak Farm's ecological thinning site as a case study for doing just that.

SOLC Admin

November 12, 2018

Stewardship

A Sense of Place

SOLC Admin

November 12, 2018

Stewardship

Emily Olsen shares her experience working with SOLC as a student intern, and her transition studying and working 250 miles away from home.

SOLC Admin

August 13, 2018

Conserved Properties, Stewardship

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Earns National Recognition

SOLC Admin

August 13, 2018

Conserved Properties, Stewardship

Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Earns National Recognition

We are proud to announce, that we have renewed our land trust accreditation – proving once again that, as part of a network of over 400 accredited land trusts across the nation, we are committed to professional excellence and to maintaining the public’s trust in its conservation work.

SOLC Admin

February 6, 2018

Stewardship

Bunchgrasses: The inspiration behind SOLC’s modern logo

SOLC Admin

February 6, 2018

Stewardship

With a tuft of evergreen basal leaves and seasonal flowering stalks, native perennial bunchgrasses provide a host of ecological services. Read Kristi's article about this iconic species, the critters that depend on it and the challenges bunchgrasses face.

SOLC Admin

January 8, 2018

Stewardship

Coho Salmon: The Good, the Bad and the Unusual

SOLC Admin

January 8, 2018

Stewardship

Read volunteer documentarian, Crystal Nichols's, full blog post with videos highlighting the intriguing and significant life of coho salmon, its threats and how stream-side landowners can help these "living boomerangs".

SOLC Admin

December 6, 2017

Stewardship

Mistletoe: A Kiss or a Curse?

SOLC Admin

December 6, 2017

Stewardship

During the holidays you may be hanging mistletoe in doorways in anticipation of a kiss. Or perhaps on a winter drive looking out the window you notice leafless oak trees full of green mistletoe balls and wonder if the mistletoe is harming the trees. So, is mistletoe a kiss or a curse?

SOLC Admin

September 8, 2017

Stewardship, Conserved Properties

SOLC Works Toward Saving Oaks

SOLC Admin

September 8, 2017

Stewardship, Conserved Properties

Read SOLC volunteer documentarian Evan Barrientos' story of the oaks and how SOLC is working toward preserving them.

Teresa Fernandez

June 6, 2017

Stewardship

Beautiful Bumble Bees in Decline – You Can Help Bring Them Back!

Teresa Fernandez

June 6, 2017

Stewardship

Well “Hope’ is the thing with feathers as Emily Dickinson wrote in a poem AND hope is also furry small buzzing bodies. We all can help the bumble bee. Here’s how.

Teresa Fernandez

November 23, 2016

Stewardship

What's so special about shrimp anyway? [VIDEO]

Teresa Fernandez

November 23, 2016

Stewardship

What's so special about shrimp anyway? [VIDEO]

What has 11 sets of legs, two sets of antennae, swims upside down, and is responsible for flamingos being pink? Find out in this excerpt from our monthly eNews column, The Good, the Bad and the Unusual.

Teresa Fernandez

August 2, 2016

Stewardship

To Keep a Promise

Teresa Fernandez

August 2, 2016

Stewardship

When we work with a property owner to conserve their land, we make a promise to them and the greater community. Take a walk on White Oak Farm with our Land Steward to see how we keep that promise, forever.