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Sunday March 3, 2024

Student Art Submissions Requested

Attention Students! The Intermountain Bird Observatory is working to develop the Diane Moore Nature Center…

Wednesday November 1, 2023

New Crossings Set to Reconnect Visitors to the Diane Moore Nature Center

After two years of diligent work planning, designing, and permitting, we have almost all needed authorizations in place to finally construct two crossings at the Diane Moore Nature Center. These structures will restore public access across the newly-completed side channel!

Wednesday November 1, 2023

Undergraduate VIPs at the Diane Moore Nature Center

Over the past 3 semesters, blending our existing undergraduate opportunities with the Vertically Integrated Project (VIP) program has really allowed us to take our undergraduate involvement to the next level. Not only do students get valuable experience that we hope they take to their future careers or schooling…

Thursday April 27, 2023

Eagle Scout builds homes for Mergansers at the Diane Moore Nature Center

My name is Sawyer Ellsworth. I’m a sixteen-year-old Boy Scout from Troop 161. I finished…

Tuesday November 1, 2022

Projects and Partnerships at the Diane Moore Nature Center

It is so rewarding to work with partners to do something productive and positive on the ground, and being able to come back later and say “we did that”! As construction activities on the side channel were winding down last winter…

Tuesday November 1, 2022

Suspense in the Monarch Meadow

Perhaps our most exciting (and nerve wracking!) sighting at the Diane Moore Nature Center happened this fall when we discovered a late season Monarch caterpillar. We figured the season had come to a close, but then…

Tuesday November 1, 2022

Not just “for the birds”: Side channel success at the Diane Moore Nature Center

As biologists, listening to bulldozer and dump truck engines rumble through the Diane Moore Nature Center in Fall 2021 was an exercise in trust. We’d carefully selected our project team, and consulted with experts on this kind of restoration. But still, it felt strange to watch as the side channel was carved through the dry soil where we knew the Boise River had once flowed.
We wondered how quickly the rich riparian habitat we were hoping for would begin to take root, and what it would be like.

Monday March 7, 2022

Summer Internship Opportunity: Boise State and CWI Students

Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Traineeships Three Opportunities Available. Internship open to Boise State and College…

Wednesday November 17, 2021

IBO’s Boise River Side Channel Project Is Underway!

By Greg Kaltenecker, Diane and Winston Moore Family Endowed Executive Director The Diane Moore Nature…

Tuesday November 16, 2021

Students and Science at the Diane Moore Nature Center

By Heidi Ware Carlisle, IBO Education and Outreach Director Looking back on the season, my…

Wednesday September 29, 2021

River Restoration Preparation Begins: Fall 2021

We have big news! All summer our team has been diligently working to prepare for…

Saturday June 5, 2021

Songbird Banding Reopens in 2021!

Our Boise River Songbird Banding station at the Diane Moore Nature Center is back open…

Sunday April 4, 2021

Eagle Scout builds “Bee Hotels” for the Diane Moore Nature Center

My name is Owen Ennis, I’m 17 years old and from Troop 161. I choose…

Monday February 22, 2021

Student poster shares success of Adopt-a-Plot volunteer program

IBO Habitat Restoration Intern and Boise State student, Aaron Connolly, presented his poster this week…

Friday January 29, 2021

Progress Update on our Boise River Side Channel Project

Thanks to everyone who attended our zoom session on January 28th with Micron Technology Inc,…

Wednesday November 25, 2020

Community Connections: The Diane Moore Nature Center, Micron and the Boise River

Boise State recently announced a new clean water side-channel project along the Boise River at…

Wednesday November 25, 2020

The Power of Partners: Growing the Diane Moore Nature Center

By: Heidi Ware Carlisle and Aaron Connolly As our programming at the Boise River site…

Tuesday October 27, 2020

Our river side-channel dreams are becoming reality!

We are SO excited to announce some amazing news for our Boise River Research Station…

Monday July 20, 2020

IBO Station Closures to Continue

Based on current and projected COVID19 conditions in Ada County, we have extended visitor closures…

Friday July 17, 2020

Think Green Inc. Restores Habitat at IBO’s Diane Moore Nature Center

During the summer of 2020 we’ve worked hard to search for creative ways to continue…

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