About 925 additional acres of the Santiam State Forest will reopen to public access after the 2020 Labor Day fires heavily impacted the forest.
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Gov. Kate Brown signed an executive order Monday that declared “a state of drought emergency” for Deschutes, Grant, Lake and Malheur counties, bringing to 11 the number of Oregon counties that have sought and received such orders for access to federal and state assistance.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In observance of Earth Day on Friday, students in Bend-La Pine Schools are celebrating the day with some creative and meaningful activities to promote sustainability and bring awareness to caring for the planet. “Sustainability has long been important to Bend-La Pine Schools and it’s great to see students from elementary to
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President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.
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More than 40 angling and hunting-related businesses, organizations and community groups in Oregon have released a letter of support for the River Democracy Act (Senate Bill 192), introduced in February of 2021 by Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.
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Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday $11.67 million in federal funding headed to five collaborative forestry projects around Oregon, including a new project in the Rogue River basin and funding to keep the Deschutes Forest Collaborative Project’s decade of projects going for three more years.
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The Wildlands Conservancy, owner of California’s largest nonprofit nature preserve system, announced Wednesday the group’s first out-of-state acquisition: the $26.5 million purchase of the 30,000-acre Cherry Creek Ranch, near Mitchell in Central Oregon, newly named the Enchanted Rocks Preserve, after the landscape’s fascinating geology.
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A Deschutes County hearings officer heard testimony Tuesday from many residents and a land-use watchdog group opposed to a proposal to rezone 710 acres west of Terrebonne from farmland to rural residential that would allow about 70 homes on the property.
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A Native American tribe in southern Oregon said Tuesday it is assessing its legal options after learning the U.S. government plans to release water from a federally operated reservoir to downstream farmers along the Oregon-California border amid a historic drought.
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The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest announced Friday it will begin restoration work this summer on the Lower Black Butte Swamp, a 50-acre wetland northwest of Sisters that’s been drying up for decades, by constructing beaver dam “analogs” to simulate natural beaver ponds.
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The Deschutes Land Trust announced Thursday it has expanded the size of its nearly 4,700-acre Priday Ranch wildlife preserve north of Madras.
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Climatologists say rare April snow, along with rain sweeping across the Pacific Northwest this week could increase water supplies, slow snowmelt and lengthen the irrigation season.
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The Environmental Center is thrilled to host their family-friendly Earth Day Fair and Parade on Saturday, April 23rd, from 11:30 am to 3 pm. This outdoor event features and celebrates our community through music and dance performances, local food vendors, businesses and nonprofits from across the region, electric vehicle demonstrations, a kid zone full of activities, and more!
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As Bend keeps growing, you’d think its water demands do as well.
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A Sweet Home company contracted for what turned into a controversial logging project in the Phil’s Trail area west of Bend recently notified the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office that someone had placed combustible items in their exhaust pipes in an apparent act of attempted vandalism.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. — When presented with proposed natural gas export operations in the state, Oregonians are more likely to perceive the environmental and public health risks than the potential financial gains, a recent study from Oregon State University found. To date, six natural gas export projects have been proposed along the Oregon coast but none
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A Deschutes County hearings officer took testimony Wednesday night on a proposed site plan for 70 overnight units at the planned Thornburgh Resort near Cline Butte west of Redmond, which has been facing land use challenges for years. The hearing will continue on May 4 to allow more people to give testimony. More information: https://www.deschutes.org/cd/page/247-21-001111-sp-thornburgh-destination-resort-70-overnight-lodging-units
Continue ReadingThe Bend City Council on Wednesday evening declared the month of April Arbor Month in Bend. According to the proclamation, it is “a call to action for all citizens to join in an effort to promote the good health and beauty of our local and global environments.”
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An Earth Day Fashion Show at Central Oregon Community College from 2-3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 22, at the college’s Coats Campus Center will benefit the Clothing Connection program, a free service that provides school and work clothing to students of COCC and Oregon State University-Cascades.
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Research by the Oregon State University College of Forestry suggests a way for forest managers to reduce the costs associated with managing older Douglas-fir stands.
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