The Organization of Fish and Wildlife Information Managers (OFWIM) is a international nonprofit group. Formally established in 1993 was cofounded by The Habitat Institute’s Director and Chief Ecologist Mr. O’Neill. He was OFWIM’s second President. OFWIM’s Mission: To promote the management and conservation of natural resources by facilitating technology and information exchange among managers of fish and wildlife information. OFWIM’s …
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The Habitat Institute is dedicated to addressing our nation’s most serious environmental issues. By building ecological health indicator metric(s) implemented at the state and federal level for conservation strategies, ecosystem restoration, advanced mitigation, and regulatory ecosystem management. ECOLOGY WILL LEAD THE WAY 2018
Approval Department of Interior
Approval Department of Interior October 2017: The Habitat Institute has been approved by the Department of Interior for the next 5 years to help conduct data development for the new Cascade-Siskiyou Monument that lies in Oregon and California.
Regional Approval Concluding a 10-year Review of, CHAP
The Habitat Institute have submitted all obligatory CHAP documents to the Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District for their review and submittal to their Planning Center of Expertise for Regional Approval. This concludes a 10-year review that cumulated last year in a review process that followed the National Academy of Science Guidelines. Regional approval would allow CHAP to be used by …
Whittier Narrows Dam Safety
The Habitat Institute – Baseline Condition Field Data Collection Completed: June 17, 2017 Whittier Narrows Dam and Reservoir: Is a flood control and water conservation project constructed in 1957 operated by the Los Angeles District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers at the Whittier Narrows in Montebello, California. Whittier Narrows Dam is a central element in the Los …
A Conservation Success Story – Columbia Spotted Frog
Nevada Department of Wildlife uses the Institute’s Columbia Spotted Frog (Rana luteiventris) range data for inclusion in their story map for their final Conservation Agreement prepared by the Columbia Spotted Frog Technical Team. THI’s data was applied to shows species distribution of this resilient little amphibian. See story here: “Nevada is a state covered by desert and semi-arid landscape. It is also a state full of …
Andrea Thorpe Ph.D. Joins The Habitat Institute Board of Directors
Corvallis, Oregon—January 30, 2017—The Habitat Institute© today announced that Andrea Thorpe, Director of science with the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) Program and Battelle Ecology, has been elected to The Habitat Institute’s board of directors. “Andrea is highly skilled in gathering and synthesizing data on the impacts of climate change, land use change and invasive species on natural resources and …
CHAP TO BE UTILIZED UNDER USFWS NEW MITIGATION POLICY
FINAL USFW MITIGATION POLICY On November 21, 2016 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a final notice of the Service’s Mitigation Policy, which has been a guide for recommendations on mitigating adverse impacts of water and land developments on fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats since 1981. The revisions set forth are motivated by changes in conservation challenges and practices since 1981, including accelerating …
Bureau of Land Management continues their long-term work with The Habitat Institute
Bureau of Land Management is continuing their long-term agreement with The Habitat Institute. Specifically, THI will be working to enhance their Northwest District’s Forest Operation Inventory data sets and Identifying Special Habitats in the Medford District.