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  • First step toward conserving West Hayden Island?

    First step toward conserving West Hayden Island?

    Public feedback open until April 19! Bob Sallinger worked tirelessly for decades to protect West Hayden Island (WHI) in order to provide badly needed shallow water habitat for juvenile salmon and sanctuary for birds and other wildlife. After Sallinger’s passing, Mike Houck of Urban Green Spaces proposed that Metro adopt West Hayden Island as a…

  • The Photo that Inspired my Book

    The Photo that Inspired my Book

    In January of 2007, I was searching for a nature-themed topic for a children’s book and happened to see on the front page of the Tribune a sweet photo of a peregrine falcon incubating a clutch of two eggs. The photo was taken by Bob Sallinger, then the Urban Conservation Director at the Portland Audubon…