CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 15-year period ending in 2020 that included a marine heat wave and a sea star wasting disease epidemic saw major changes in the groups of organisms that live along the rocky shores of the Pacific Northwest. The study by Oregon State University scientists, involving four capes in Oregon and California, suggests
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Mapping project aims to find top-priority spots for safer wildlife crossings – and not just for deer, elk PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — As Oregonians hit the road for summer fun, wildlife officials are urging them to photograph an unlikely, if not downright gross subject: roadkill. The Beaver State has the highest rate of wildlife-vehicle collisions
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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 first-hand look at this year’s stepped-up operation. Members of the media, along with public health officials, took part in a prescribed burn tour. “We’re trying to re-introduce fire so it can play its natural role in
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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 southwestern Oregon for the coastal distinct population segment of the Pacific marten, also known as the coastal or Humboldt marten.
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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 wildlife officials, care staff returned the endangered reptiles to the Columbia River Gorge. Since last spring, the turtles have basked in the warmth and light of a simulated summer at
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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 Department confirmed. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is working to determine the cause of death, but results may not be available for a week, OPRD said. The whale washed ashore
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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 recreation areas it will be keeping an eye on for bacteria during summer and early fall. The 24 beaches on the list that the OBMP, based at the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) Public
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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 Sunday from Long Beach, Washington to south of Newport.
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CANNON BEACH, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon environmental, parks and wildlife officials, as well as federal agencies, responded Thursday to investigate reports of pieces of tar found on beaches along the Oregon coast, days after several birds were found with a tar-like substance along the coast. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said agencies received
Continue ReadingOLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday rejected a recommendation to cut a proposal for what would be the state’s largest wind farm in half, giving new life to the $1.7 billion project. Plans for the Horse Heaven wind farm originally included up to 222 wind turbines across 24 miles (38.6 kilometers)
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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 known for their speed, care staff say she’s settling in quickly to her new habitat.
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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 impact on the gray whales that usually forage in the region, a new study shows. When urchin numbers rise, the spiky marine invertebrates can devour kelp forests that are
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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 lands, including national parks. The Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule ensures conservation use is equal to extraction and development in decision-making on lands the agency manages. The BLM oversees 15.7 million acres
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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 Station, located at 2400 NE Maple Avenue in Redmond, which opened to the public Monday morning.
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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 readiness to handle the temperatures and smoke comfortably, as well as the bills that may be associated with energy use and/or equipment upgrades.
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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 regulators asking that they “urgently place” a senior official in the state to respond to tribal needs as wind power is developed offshore. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman sent the letter as the U.S. offshore
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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 tiniest residents. They were releasing Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae at select sites in the coastal mountain range in an effort to save this beautiful and threatened Northwest species, which has been
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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 Conservation this month — the biggest cohort yet in the zoo’s 21-year effort to save this critically endangered species from extinction. “It’s been an incredible hatching season,” said Travis Koons, who oversees
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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 collateral damage in northeast Oregon’s ongoing poisoning cases now includes golden eagles, dogs and other carnivores, authorities said Thursday.
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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 toxicity, most likely poisoned by a lead bullet in an animal carcass.
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