Mapping project aims to find top-priority spots for safer wildlife crossings – and not just for deer, elk PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Oregonians hit…
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Hundreds of acres were set on fire west of Bend Wednesday as the U.S. Forest Service offered reporters a…
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— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Tuesday it is designating 1.2 million acres of critical habitat in northwestern California and…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Summer came early last week for 11 northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo. With the help of volunteers and…
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MANZANITA, Ore. (KTVZ) – A dead humpback whale washed ashore Monday morning at Nehalem State Park near Manzanita, the Oregon Parks and Recreation…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program is kicking off the 2024 beach monitoring season by announcing the list of coastal…
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Responders continued surveying and cleanup efforts Saturday for a tar-like substance washing up on shorelines and impacting wildlife since last…
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CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon environmental, parks and wildlife officials, as well as federal agencies, responded Thursday to investigate…
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state’s…
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Good news doesn’t always travel fast. Berry, a Linne’s two-toed sloth, slowly made her debut at the Oregon Zoo last week. Though sloths aren’t…
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NEWPORT, Ore. (KTVZ) – A recent boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon Coast appears to have had an indirect and negative…
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Conservation groups say two new federal rules aim to help better protect public…
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Deschutes County commissioners hosted a ribbon-cutting event Friday to celebrate the completion of a new solid waste facility at the Negus Transfer…
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As we head into another hot summer with a high likelihood of climate impacts such as wildfire smoke, many may be concerned about their home’s…
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By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press A congressman who represents California’s north coast has sent a letter to federal…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a breezy coastal meadow this week, Oregon Zoo conservationists and their partners said goodbye to 381 of the zoo’s…
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Thirteen fluffy California condor chicks are hopping in their nest boxes at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife…
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The target was likely a wolf, the latest poisoning in a disturbing trend that has killed 19 wolves in Oregon since 2015. Whatever the target, the…
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Think Wild, Bend’s wildlife hospital and conservation center, performed a procedure Thursday on a juvenile bald eagle suffering from severe lead…
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) introduced legislation Thursday to continue federal funding for the Deschutes River…
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