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Field work is complete!

At the end of August, we finally wrapped up our 2.5 years of field work! At times, it felt like it was never going to end, but here we...

Blitzing for Biota

One of the coolest things about working in the wildlife profession is noticing how different each biome and ecosystem is from one...

Independence Day Skunk!

Summer is in full swing at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest. Two weeks ago, we had our annual Safety Day presentations led by Mark...

Spring has sprung in the Andrews!

It's that time again! Spring has finally arrived at the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, but we are still fending off everything that...

Snowpocalypse!

Hello dedicated skunk followers! It's been a long hiatus. Things have been pretty slow around the Andrews. Following the government...

Winter Solstice in the H.J. Andrews

As the longest night of the year has come and gone and so has our ability to track our skunks. This is the third government shutdown...

Gobble Gobble

Happy Thanksgiving! This year, we are thankful for the Conservation Canines (CK-9) from the University of Washington. One of the main...

Skunkapalooza!

We are officially in skunkapalooza! Since late August, we have been catching skunks left and right and a few weasels from the HJA and the...

The familiar stench of success!

Watch out skunks, we are back at it again! It's time for our fall trapping season. We opened our traps last night, and the skunks...

Skunk mugshots of the 2018 summer

Here's the lineup of the skunks that we have collared around the HJA this summer. Compare and contrast their mug shots and see if you can...

Direct hit!

The dreaded day has finally come... After about a month-long drought, we finally caught another skunk! When I approached the trap,...

Now it feels like winter!

Work here at the HJ Andrews has slowed quite a bit in the past few weeks, and we have a late winter to thank. This past winter has until...

My first conference in Oregon

Last week, I had the pleasure of going to the 2018 Joint Annual Meeting in Portland where the theme was "Regional Strategies Addressing...

Hello Winter and Happy New Year!

The end of a field season is always a bittersweet time for me. Bittersweet because this means we have successfully collected data for our...

Photos from the Field

One of the biggest rewards of working in the field is living in the habitat of the animals you are studying. It puts into perspective why...

Skunk Radio

How do you find an animal the size of a house cat in the middle of a dense, mountainous forest? By listening for the sound of a beep. The...

Rain, rain, here to stay...

Nothing let's us know that fall is actually here better than a full week of rain. But with the rain and cooler weather, we finally have...

The Secrets of Camera Trapping

The scent of fresh duff and dew drops cling to the inside of my nostrils as my partner and I reach our destination in the heart of the...

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