Lisa Feldkamp
Nature Conservancy
Portland, OR, United States
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Meet the World’s 10 Most Endangered Sharks
More research is urgently needed to support improved conservation measures for world’s ten most critically endangered sharks. → Read More
How Did Birds Get So Colorful?
Help scientists answer questions about bird plumage like, how colorful are birds? How quickly does plumage color evolve? Are changes in plumage color associated with the origins of new species? → Read More
Sharing Water: How I Met the MacGyvers of Water Use
Conservationists at The Nature Conservancy and USFS are improving spring boxes so that ranchers can easily “turn off the faucet” when they’re not using it. Sometimes we can meet everyone’s needs with a little PVC pipe and a lot of ingenuity. → Read More
Fighting Fire with Native Plants
When bunchgrass ecosystems are intact, they limit both the spread of fire and the invasion of exotic grasses. → Read More
Can You Ever Have Too Many Turkeys?
Citizen science provides opportunities to answer essential questions about how people — and the non-native species we've introduced — affect oak savannas, prairies and streams. → Read More
Why Are You Seeing Robins in Winter?
Spring has certainly not arrived, so why have the robins? Share your observations with Journey North. → Read More
10 Great Science Hashtag Games You Can Play
Twitter houses a lively community of scientists and science communicators who have invented fun ways to engage with the science-curious public. → Read More
The Millipede That Protects Itself with Cyanide
Cyanide millipedes use chemical warfare to ward off predators. They also make critical nutrients available in forest ecosystems, and yet these amazing critters are understudied. → Read More
Camera Traps: Taking Care of Your Space in Nature
Like so many places in the US, the wildlife of High Mountain Preserve has yet to be fully documented. Students with camera traps are changing that. → Read More
Threatened Bats Find a Slice of Paradise in New Jersey
Protected forests, like the one at High Mountain Preserve and others yet to be found, give bats that were devastated by white-nose syndrome room to reproduce and recover. → Read More
Solar Eclipse Expedition 2017
Where will you be on August 21, 2017 when the solar eclipse passes through North America? → Read More
Turning the Tide on Plastic Litter
Join the hunt for plastic debris online! Your job is to find and mark (sometimes small) pieces of plastic in photos from the coast. → Read More
It’s Not Easy Being a Hatchling
Josie and Elbert have three hatchlings! Whatever happens in the nest this year, osprey cam is an opportunity to learn about the secret lives of these unique raptors. → Read More
What Has the Endangered Species Act Ever Done for Us? More Than You Think.
99% of species protected by the endangered species act have been saved from extinction. You read that right, 99%. → Read More
What Has the Endangered Species Act Ever Done for Us? More Than You Think.
99% of species protected by the endangered species act have been saved from extinction. You read that right, 99%. → Read More
Camera Traps Chronicle Restoration Success at Davis Bend
Camera traps on Davis Bend Preserve, in the most biodiverse region of the Green River, show the benefit of fire to regenerate prairies and the return of wildlife to the area. → Read More
You’re Invited to Do Science with The Crowd & The Cloud
Nature needs you … to do science. Whatever your passions or your preferences, there is a project out there for you. A new series on PBS gets you started. → Read More
Growing Up Osprey: Wildlife Reality TV Returns to Osprey Cam
What’s it like to grow up as an osprey? Here’s what you can expect to see on Osprey Cam and some additional information about what goes on off camera. → Read More
The Cutest US Mammal You’ve Probably Never Seen
Meet the ringtail: the off-the-charts cute critter that could be hiding in your neighborhood. → Read More
Surveying the Amazon Rainforest from the Sky
View the canopy of the Peruvian Amazon from the perspective of a macaw, contribute to science that will improve rainforest conservation, and earn credits to visit the forest in person with Amazon Aerobotany. → Read More