A species of woodpecker once thought to limit itself to recently burned areas can breed successfully in the unburned parts of fire-prone landscapes too, according to a study by Oregon State University scientists that holds key implications for improved conservation and forest management efforts.
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Bend’s Strictly Organic Coffee is featuring artworks by local artist and environmentalist Lee Stevenson, who in 2006 founded Project Ponderosa, a program where volunteers grow thousands of seedlings to plant and to raise funds for their schools and Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory.
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As a key food supply — salmon — declines, the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales, known to frequent the Salish Sea off the coasts of Washington and British Columbia, is spending far less time in that region, a new study shows.
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Scientists led by an Oregon State University researcher have developed a new electrolyte that raises the efficiency of the zinc metal anode in zinc batteries to nearly 100%, a breakthrough on the way to an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage.
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Gov. Tina Kotek announced Friday that she has declared a drought in Deschutes and Grant counties through Executive Order 23-08, and directed state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region.
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TALENT, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Oregon Department of Forestry has selected the southern Oregon town of Talent, which has battled back from a 2020 wildfire’s devastation, to be Oregon’s Tree City of the Year. Only one community is chosen each year from across the state. Cottage Grove was last year’s honoree. To be eligible for
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The skeleton of a rare 70-foot blue whale that washed up on the Oregon coast several years ago will journey to Alberta, Canada later this week so a team of preservation and restoration specialists can prepare it for public display at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.
Continue ReadingBOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the state, warning it could step in under the Safe Drinking Water Act in the absence of sufficient local action. It’s been three decades since state agencies first noted high levels of
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A wolverine, rare and listed as threatened in Oregon, was spotted by two people who were fishing on the Columbia River near Portland on Monday morning, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be awarding the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife $28,513,417 from the Wildlife Restoration fund for wildlife habitat restoration projects and research aimed to better manage wildlife species, and $9,229,182 from the Sport Fish Restoration fund to
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Increases in mortality among Douglas firs in the Klamath Mountains are the result of multiple factors that have the iconic tree in a “decline spiral” in parts of the region, a new study by the Oregon State University College of Forestry and OSU Extension Service indicates.
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New research by an Oregon State University-led team is beginning to unravel the times of year and locations where whales are at greatest danger of entanglement in fishing gear along the Oregon Coast.
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The application period opened Monday for the City of Bend’s Electric Bike (e-bike) Rebate Program.
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) teamed up Friday with Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) to announce the 2023 Monarch Action, Recovery and Conservation of Habitat (MONARCH) Act.
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Public Land Stewards is seeking help from those willing to help in its first large cleanup of the year on Saturday, April 8. Last year, they removed more than 300,000 pounds of trash from the Deschutes National Forest. You can even download a free ‘Sons of Smokey’ app to tag trash you find when you’re
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Madras and Bend mark significant milestones as Tree City USA communities this year, reaching 30 and 20 years with that recognition, respectively.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced Wednesday it will temporarily suspend the Oregon Clean Vehicle Rebate Program as of May 1, due to expectations it will run out of funds. Projections show the program will be oversubscribed in late spring. Program rules require DEQ to suspend rebates once funds are depleted. “DEQ has one
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — It’s a mint green milkshake just in time for St. Patrick’s Day — but that’s not all it’s “green” about. Here’s what Mountain Burger, located in Bend’s NorthWest Crossing neighborhood, had to say about their latest menu addition: Mountain Burger Introduces Leprechaun Green Climatarian Milkshake for St. Patrick’s Day This delicious
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The Bend City Council will begin to consider how to protect Bend’s urban tree canopy, a term that refers to the part of a city that is shaded by trees, during a work session next Wednesday, officials said Friday.
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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are monitoring air quality at the AmeriTies West railroad tie treatment plant in The Dalles after diesel sludge and residue caught fire in a tank Thursday night.
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