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Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study species, research by Oregon State University

Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study species, research by Oregon State University

Artificial intelligence analysis of data gathered by acoustic recording devices is a promising new tool for monitoring the marbled murrelet and other secretive, hard-to-study species.

In the afternoon of Sunday, Aug. 6, Brooke Penaluna was visiting with colleagues when she received a text about a fire burning in the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest.  “I was shocked,” she said, adding that the fire had presumably started the previous night during a lightning storm. As a biologist for the USDA Forest Service...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — It was a single lightning strike, deep in the heart of the forest. When he saw the smoke, Robert Mutch knew it was trouble.

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Tropical forest birds, which tend to have wings that are short and round relative to their body length and shape, are more sensitive to habitat fragmentation than the long-, slender-winged species common in temperate forests.

The new Pueblo County jail will add approximately 160 new beds. County commissioners say union labor will be a big part of the construction workforce.

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Some bird species may be protected from climate change by old-growth forests and managed forests with old-growth traits, according to research from the Oregon State University College of Forestry.