Conservation and restoration practitioners often struggle to define appropriate targets for
restoration. Frequently,'pre‐settlement conditions'(the conditions that are believed to have …

Abstract In Oregon's Willamette Valley, remaining wetlands are at high risk to loss and
degradation from agricultural activity and urbanization. With an increased need for fine …

We conducted a 5-year study at 10 sites from British Columbia to the Willamette Valley
aimed at improving methods for restoring degraded prairies and oak savannas. Our …

Invasive plants, especially non-native perennial grasses, are a critical threat to remnant
prairies and oak savannas in the Pacific Northwest. Managers must control non-native …

A major challenge for biodiversity conservation is to mitigate the effects of future
environmental change, such as land use, in important areas for biodiversity conservation. In …

Habitat selection that has fitness consequences has important implications for conservation
activities. For example, habitat characteristics that influence nest success in birds can be …

Prairie is a French word for “meadow” and was used by early explorers and settlers to
describe open grassy areas in eastern and central North America. The term prairie …

As the capability of land management agencies to restore degraded habitat at large scales
has improved, the availability of native plant materials has become a primary limiting factor …

Successful conservation management requires an understanding of how species respond to
intervention. Native and exotic species may respond differently to management interventions …

The federally endangered Taylor's checkerspot (Euphydryas editha taylori) is an
increasingly rare prairie butterfly in the Willamette Valley-Puget Trough-Georgia Basin …