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President Jimmy Carter turned 98 on October 1, 2022. Our Director met the President on August 12, 1989, on a United flight from Portland to Denver. Sitting near him and his wife Rosalynn, the President asked to see the book he was reading: Biodiversity by E. O. Wilson. Our Director gave him the book and in return Jimmy Carter signed …
It is based on the premise that higher functional redundancy is directly related to higher resiliency. CHAP evaluates hundreds of species, habitat components, and ecological functions concurrently to produce functional redundancy values as an indicator of the overall ecological integrity of the site or area. Here is an example of a shortened functional assessment:
The habitat assessment of the Rattlesnake Butte 3 restoration study encompasses 173 acres (70 ha) and evaluates 20 polygons. This report discusses baseline conditions prior to any restoration activity. Baseline condition consists of three different habitat types that can describe the site, and they are Westside Oak and Dry Douglas-fir Forest and Woodlands, ponds, and Westside Grasslands. The number of …
An article on the truth of the matter. Featuring The Habitat Institute’s Combined Habitat Assessment Protocols or CHAP science: https://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2021/is-the-government-ignoring-revolutionary-eco-tech/?fbclid=IwAR2-hsZzC447poRSc6FoLSKX7UZ8enVE8Y2WbIv1To5xvbNkArpRDGTaI-w
Join Us! In this global generosity movement “Giving Tuesday” unleashing the power of the people. On December 01, 2020 charity organizations around the world are coming together to encourage the people to do good for our communities and the world. The Habitat Institute’s “Giving Tuesday” Facebook Campaign: https://www.facebook.com/donate/883240529146611/3367015510002699/
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Oregon’s Department of State Lands has developed a new revised rule, effective April 1, 2019, which move toward functions- and values-based mitigation. Part of the approach list the Stream Function Assessment Method, however, the method depicted falls way short of the same application used by the Habitat Institute. The Institute actually applied the Stream Function Assessment as part of the …
