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Small brown-speckled seabirds, marbled murrelets have the unusual habit of nesting in the tops of old-growth trees. Photo by Brett Lovelace/Oregon State University
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Found along North America’s west coast, often dozens of kilometers inland, marbled murrelets’ nesting habitat is imperiled by commercial timber harvesters, who covet the valuable trees in these highly productive coastal rainforests...Now, scientists from Oregon State University (OSU) are experimenting with a technique that could revolutionize the conservation of this threatened seabird...

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