SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Conservation and Recreation Fund encourage all Oregonians to celebrate Thursday, April 7 as Nature of Oregon Day. The Nature of Oregon Day represents a new opportunity for all Oregonians to bring awareness to critical conservation goals and reduce barriers for underserved communities to connect with the
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Casad Family Farms manages 360 acres of land in Jefferson County, growing a variety of crops and animals. Operators Kate Havstad-Casad and Chris Casad said Tuesday that amid another year of serious drought, they are receiving less than 20 percent of their normal water allotment this year.
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Redmond Mayor George Endicott is joining mayors across the country in asking residents to make a commitment to use water resources more wisely. During the month of April, Redmond residents can take a simple pledge to make every drop count at mywaterpledge.com.
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The Deschutes and Willamette National Forests reminded the public Monday that overnight permit reservations will begin for Central Cascades Wilderness Permit System Tuesday morning. Wilderness permits are required for all overnight use within the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington and Three Sisters wilderness areas.
Continue ReadingCNN, KTVN, KGO, KFSN, KOVR, KRCR By Stephanie Elam, CNN Snowpack in the California Sierra this winter is just 38% of normal, California water officials said Friday, in the latest sign the state’s drought is growing more devastating by the month. South of Lake Tahoe at Phillips Station, where officials set out Friday to conduct
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Gov. Kate Brown has proclaimed April 4-8 Food Waste Prevention Week, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is encouraging all Oregonians to take simple steps to reduce waste and save money. Spoiled food costs Oregon households on average $1,800 annually (The EPA recently updated this figure from $1,600), and it’s estimated one-third of all
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Get ready to turn out the lights, head outside and look up! Our conditions are just right here in Central Oregon for a special show in the sky: the northern lights, that mesmerizing green glow on the horizon, also known as the aurora borealis.
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BEND, Ore.– (KTVZ)– The Crooked River National Grassland said Thursday it plans to reroute the Cole Loop Trail after hikers and horseback riders expressed concern about the proximity of a target shooting area. Forest Service officials said they believe it’s the best solution to the conflicts and will allow people to use and enjoy the
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s new state forester, Calvin Mukumoto, thinks a single day or week is not long enough time to recognize all the great things trees do for people. So he’s asking Oregonians to join him in celebrating all of April as Oregon Arbor Month.
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A federal judge this week denied a temporary restraining order sought by environmental groups that would block grazing in six Eastern Oregon pastures.
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Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced Wednesday the bipartisan Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environmental Safety (WIPPES) Act, a bill to address health, ecosystem and wastewater infrastructure concerns caused by the flushing of non-flushable wet wipes.
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The water level at the Prineville Reservoir has slowly been getting lower and lower.
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The Redmond titanium casting company PCC Schlosser has paid a $15,000 fine levied by the state Department of Environmental Quality and corrected hazardous waste violations that led to the civil penalty, the agency said Monday.
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Travelers and wildlife are always on the move. Unfortunately, those paths often cross in tragic ways. Every year in our state, there are over 6,500 reported crashes involving wildlife, and one out of every five known mule deer deaths is caused by a vehicle.
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The tree-lined campus of Central Oregon Community College in Bend has been designated by the national Arbor Day Foundation as Oregon’s newest Tree Campus USA.
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Oregon on Thursday became the fourth state in the nation to enact a law establishing a statewide mattress recycling program, and the program is expected to launch in 2024.
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Returns of summer steelhead to areas above Bonneville Dam hit a record low in 2021, closing the Deschutes River to steelhead fishing for the first time since 1978 and impacting fisheries throughout the mainstem and tributaries.
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A proposed mountain bike trail project in the Ochoco Mountains northeast of Prineville is facing some opposition from a citizens group calling itself “Don’t Bend Prineville.”
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Gov. Kate Brown has signed an executive order declaring states of drought emergency for three more counties – Crook, Jefferson and Morrow – to provide more avenues for help as worsening drought conditions threaten continued major economic impacts.
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Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed Monday to protect the sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Just 26 populations of this rare plant remain in the coastal dunes of Southern Oregon and Northern California.
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