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BIRDING WITH HARRY FULLER - SEPTEMBER 2023 Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
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BIRDING WITH HARRY FULLER - SEPTEMBER 2023 Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
BIRDING WITH HARRY FULLER - MAY 2023 Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
CASUAL BIRDING AND GENTLE YOGA - JUNE 2023 Join us for a 4-night program exploring the mindfulness and connection of
Explore the geology of Harney County. In this three-night program, participants will learn about the Steens Mt. and geothermal activity in South Eastern Oregon desert.
September 23 - 25, 2022
Entomology in the High Desert Sept - TBA - Learn more about the insects of sagebrush country and their importance
August 17-21, 2020
Join us under the darkest sky in the US! Learn about Astronomy and Astro-Photography in this 4 day course.
Sept 2-5, 2020
"Learn more about the insects of the sagebrush country and their importance to the ecosystem"
Sept. 11 - Sept. 16 - Join Harry Fuller for a full day in the Steens where we will go to the peak at just under 10,000 feet elevation.
September 23-29, 2020 Ever wonder how the landscape of Harney County came to be?
September 25-30, 2019-Ever wonder how the landscape of Harney County came to be?
September 16-22, 2019. Join Harry Fuller for a week of birding the refuge and Steens Mountain. Fall migration is always interesting in Harney County.
Birding - Late Spring 2019 June 7 - June 12, 2019 - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see
Birding - Spring 2019 May 22 - 27, 2019 - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see the results
2021 TBA - Join Harry Fuller for a chance to see the results of the on-going spring migration.
July 10-13, 2020 From Steens Mountain to the Alvord Desert, from alpine to meadow to sagebrush steppe, butterflies and moths abound in this hotspot for Northern Great Basin species.
August 14 - 16,2020 The unique mingling of desert and alpine plant communities makes Steens Mountain a hotspot for insect diversity.
July 19 - 21, 2019 - Cheryl Beyer, M.S. and Janel Johnson, M.S will lead this field course to investigate the endemics, Sierra relics and Great Basin native plants found at Steens and Hart Mountains' floristic “junctions.”
July 12 – 14, 2019 – Dana Ross, M.S. offers a butterfly class at the Malheur Field Station sponsored by the Siskiyou Field Institute.
Tadd Reaney a Reynolds HS science teacher, has spearheaded this four day event for Freshman each year. This year Tadd brought 69 students!
Making a bat house is more complicated than one might think. Over the summer, James, using his father's workshop built 24 bat houses! He volunteered his time and his own money to bring this project to fruition.
Our Thanks to Steve Arndt, one of Oregon’s Ghost Town experts, who volunteered his time to be the Guest Speaker at the MFS Board and Membership meeting on September 14, 2019.
In May, 2019 Mark Miller and David Hibbs from Corvallis joined 10 friends for four days of birding and some volunteer work.
This Spring (2019) Stan, a retired electronics engineer from Washington state, volunteered to address the damaged screen problem on the entire Field Station.
April, 2019, Ann Wyatt of Baker City declined the photo op but helped with creating an up-to-date inventory of t-shirts and sweatshirts at our gift shop!
Catlin Gable junior high students arrived at MFS in March of 2019 ready to build bat boxes. A change in plans routed the students to the shop to rebuild and build bird boxes instead.
Our Kitchenettes are named Owl East, Owl West and Pelican. All three units have Central Air and Heat.
In July, 2017, thanks to grants from The Collins Foundation and the Oregon Community Foundation, new windows and siding were installed
"Septic problems" is the dreaded phrase country folks least want to hear and we have had our fair share.
This project seems to be never ending; we started the cleanup in 2018 and it continues to this day. Getting rid of junk and garbage costs time and money
When we started in on this clean-up and improvement project the laundry room had been delegated as a storage area.
This Spring (2019) Stan, a retired electronics engineer from Washington state, volunteered to address the damaged screen problem on the entire Field Station.
Our Dorms are an integral part of our educational programs having the ability to house up to 30 attendees each.
Water Crisis - February, 2018 After a heavy storm on February 18, 2018 Harney Electric Coop came out to fix a down electrical pole. While drilling to set the new
MFS Events
Join us at Malheur Field Station for our annual Thank You dinner and members gathering. Arrive on Friday the 16th for an evening social hour in the dining hall. Join
Sept 18-20, 2020
Please join us at MFS for a weekend of fun and appreciation dinner!
2019 Annual Members Meeting September 13-14, 2019. Join us at the MFS for a weekend of fun and appreciation dinner! Last year was a huge success, we are planning for
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PRINCETON, OR 97721
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