Bend, Oregon (KTVZ)-Worthy Garden Club gave $ 65,000 to Dr. Bill Ripple, a prominent professor of ecology at Oregon State University and director of the Nutrition Cascade Program, on Friday, 11 in Biodiversity and the West. State habitat quality.
Dr. Ripple’s work analyzes the availability, quality, and connectivity of habitats throughout the western United States and provides a framework for prioritizing rewilding across the region.
Rewilding is the process of restoring the function and structure of an ecosystem to achieve its self-sustaining nature. For rewilding, management to protect habitats, eliminate alien and invasive species, revive native keystone species such as wolves and beavers, and restore them at the nutritional stage and inside and outside the ecosystem. Includes joint planning with mining, livestock and agricultural industries to develop technology.
Dr. Ripple established himself as a leader in climate change when he co-authored. World Scientist Warning to Humanity: Second Notice This article provided updates to the nine climate parameters first identified in 1992. Warning to humanity by scientists It was a call for global action and was signed by more than 15,000 scientists around the world.
“”Dr. Ripple’s common-minded strategy for managing biodiversity and planning the future health of the planet mitigates and adapts to climate change and provides a myriad of co-benefits for wildlife, water quality and carbon storage. Useful for. Roger Worsington, president of the Worthy Garden Club, said.
Dr. Ripple’s work on updating climate change measurements continues in a recent treatise. Climate emergency warnings by scientists around the world, It was co-authored by many scientists around the world, including another Oregon State University researcher, Dr. Bev Law, who was partially funded through WGC. “We need short, frequent, and easily accessible updates on climate emergencies,” Dr. Ripple said in a 2021 report. This gift will help improve habitat and biodiversity and generate solid real-world recommendations for achieving long-term climatic goals in the West and beyond.
“This work is critical to protecting biodiversity and all its associated values on a regional scale,” said Rick Martinson, Executive Director of the WGC. “Habitat degradation is a major concern of ecologists around the world. Through this project, Dr. Ripple aims to protect public resources and maintain environmental health in the western United States for generations. Provides data used to develop long-term management practices. “
WGC grants will allow Dr. Ripple to identify key areas of public, tribal, and private land for rewilding. He enables the migration of wildlife (mainly wolves and other large mammals), reduces habitat degradation, protects endangered and endangered species, and enhances overall biodiversity. To identify.
“We are pushing ecosystems to the point where they may not recover unless we take proactive action to reduce ecosystem degradation and protect species and functional diversity. “Ripple said.
Dr. Ripple’s 20-year research focuses primarily on the relationship between predators and ecosystem health, the field of “nutrition cascades.”He has over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and reports, but his Second warning Papers are included in the top 5% of all research findings tracked by Atmetric, a web-based database that monitors the impact of published research. He has conducted extensive field research catalyzing policy makers to protect wolves, spotted owls, and other species.
“We are very grateful for the vision and support of the Worthy Garden Club,” said Dr. Ripple. “This gift allows us to focus on the benefits of protecting and strengthening biodiversity and habitat, and address the important need for climate mitigation and adaptation in the western United States.”
Contact Dr. Rick Martinson, Executive Director of ext. 541-639-4776, for more information on the Worthy Garden Club’s efforts to address biodiversity and climate change issues. 221 or Rick@worthygardenclub.com.
