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A Landowner’s Guide for Restoring and Managing Oregon White Oak Habitats
The primary purpose of this Guide is to encourage private landowners to conserve, and when appropriate, actively manage Oregon white oaks...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Managing Himalayan Blackberry in western Oregon riparian areas
Listed as a noxious weed in Oregon, Himalayan blackberry rapidly occupies disturbed areas, is very difficult to eradicate once...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Controlling Himalayan Blackberry in the Pacific Northwest
This guide to Himalayan Blackberry includes information on species description, origin and habitat, reproduction and basic ecology,...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Plants of the Rogue Valley
This booklet is an introduction to the North Mountain Park Nature Center’s interpretation of regional plants. It explores local plant...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


A Guide to Riparian Tree Planting in Southwest Oregon
This publication is a step-by-step guide to riparian tree planting in interior southwest Oregon, including Jackson and Josephine counties...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


A Guide to Riparian Tree and Shrub Planting in the Willamette Valley: Steps to Success
This guide describes six steps to help landowners, watershed council members, agency personnel, and others communicate about, plan, and...

Kathryn Prive
Jan 7, 20191 min read


Propagation of Interior British Columbia Native Plants from Seed
Authors: Hudson, S. & Carlson, M. Date: 1998 Abstract: British Columbia’s considerable diversity of soils, topographies, and climates has...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Manual and Land Cover Type Descriptions: Oregon Gap Analysis, 1998 Land Cover for Oregon
In its Acoarse filter@ approach to conservation biology, gap analysis relies on maps of dominant natural land cover types as the most...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Milkweeds: a Conservation Practitioner’s Guide
Author: The Xerces Society Date: 2014 The information in Milkweeds: A Conservation Practitioner’s Guide is gathered from interviews with...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 27, 20181 min read


Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest
Author: Corvallis PMC & Amy Bartow Date: 2015 The Native Seed Production Manual for the Pacific Northwest contains detailed,...

Kathryn Prive
Dec 20, 20181 min read


Vernal Pool Mapping & Species Distribution in the Rogue River Valley
Here are two reports covering vernal pool lidar mapping vernal pool species distribution work in the Rogue River Valley. Mapping and Assessment of Mounded Vernal Pool Habitat in the Rogue River Valley of Southwest Oregon Authors: Keith Perchemlides, Groundtruth Ecological, and Cam Patterson, CC Patterson & Associates for the US Fish and Wildlife Service Date: 2023 The Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon hosts a unique and beautiful complex of vernal pool and ephemeral w


RNPP 2025 Update
In this post: Our Accomplishments since 2016. Only the start! Pruning back . Tuula says goodbye. Next Steps & Reflections. Where the...


Native Seeds in Restoration: Garlic Mustard Treatment Part 2 – Seed Mix & Site Prep
In fall of 2022 RNPP measured out a couple of vegetable-garden sized squares of bare earth along the Rogue River and initiated the trial...
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