As a result of low water levels at East Lake, Crescent Lake and Wickiup Reservoir, the Forest Service said Friday it will not be installing a number of docks this season.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Researchers say the newest member of a group of endangered southern resident orcas is a female. The Center for Whale Research says the southern residents’ population growth is largely limited by the number of reproductively aged females. The Seattle Times reports that on May 26, the center encountered J pod during a
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Summer came early last week for 23 northwestern pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. With the help of volunteers, wildlife officials and a local Girl Scout troop, the zoo returned the endangered reptiles to the Columbia River Gorge.
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has given U.S. wildlife officials 18 months to decide if wolverines should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, following years of dispute over how much risk climate change and other threats pose to the rare and elusive predators. The order from U.S.
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With another low run of summer steelhead forecast, angling closures for steelhead, bass and salmon will be in effect for parts of the Deschutes River this summer, starting as early as June 1, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday.
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The annual event ‘let’s pull together’ happened Saturday morning at Brooks Park in Bend, as well as other locations. People put on their gloves and rolled up their sleeves to plant native pollinators. Volunteers also pulled weeds and removed litter.
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Gov. Kate Brown on Wednesday signed the bipartisan Private Forest Accord package, Senate Bills 1501 and 1502 and House Bill 4055, at the World Forestry Center, joined by representatives from 25 private forestry, small forestland, conservation and fishing organizations who negotiated the historic agreement.
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Electric vehicle charging is coming to the Oregon State Park system. Starting this summer and over the next year, Level 2 EV chargers will be installed in selected state parks as part of a pilot project created by Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the nonprofit Adopt a Charger.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ — Springtime gives birth to an abundance of baby wildlife here in Central Oregon, which means residents and visitors are more likely to have wildlife encounters. While coming across a baby bird or mammal may be a poignant experience, Bend Wildlife Hospital, Think Wild, urges anyone who finds a baby wild animal
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The East Cascades Audubon Society has a golden eagle camera project with a website where viewers can watch a live camera and past recorded activities at a nest of golden eagles on Whychus Creek in Sisters.
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The U.S. Forest Service opened a 30-day public comment period Friday for a draft environmental assessment on the nearly 26,000-acre Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project southeast of Bend, using prescribed burning, thinning and other treatments to restore forest health and ease wildfire threats.
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Southern Bend residents represented by several neighborhood associations say they fear they may lose the use of land they enjoy — the Deschutes South Canyon — to another housing development, and hope it can become a park instead, through public funding or donations.
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The Oregon Department of Transportation says it’s all in on transportation electrification.
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Firefighters on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District said Thursday they plan to implement 2,700 acres of prescribed fire within the wildland-urban interface adjacent to Sunriver and La Pine, starting as soon as next week.
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REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century. Two captive-bred birds were released from a pen in Redwood National Park, about an hour’s drive south of the Oregon border,
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Individuals, businesses, and community organizations are encouraged to apply for funding for materials, infrastructure, or time to help with innovative projects that focus on waste reduction efforts. Funding is available for projects in the $500-$2,000 range. In years past, projects have spanned a wide range of categories, from implementing recycling signage
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As spring and summer recreation ramp up, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation advised the public Friday to expect lower than normal water levels in Prineville Reservoir and Crooked River this spring and summer.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Cascades Academy has been named one of the 2022 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon by Oregon Business Magazine. This ranking recognizes organizations that implement a variety of green policies and whose employees place a high value on sustainable practices. The 100 Best Green Workplaces are selected annually following an anonymous
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The Oregon Department of Transportation is preparing for another dead tree removal, and this time, they say it’s not because of herbicide use.
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Nearly three years after the daunting $127 million asking price was set for a vast 33,000-acre forest west of Bend – bigger than the city itself — it’s still on the market, so a land-use watchdog group, worried about its potential development, is launching a community effort to “Save Skyline Forest.”
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