OSU research helps find strikingly simple means of diagnosing ecosystem health
An international collaboration, including Oregon State University researcher Bev Law, says the health of a terrestrial ecosystem can be largely…
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Poor Deschutes River steelhead run prompts fishing closure through end of year
Due to the poor returns of steelhead to the Columbia River Basin, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday it is extending…
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Lake Billy Chinook eyed as possible solution to Jefferson County farmers’ water crisis
After several years of continual drought, it’s getting more and more difficult for Jefferson County farmers to harvest their crops. The North Unit…
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OSU study: Thinning moderates forest fire behavior, even without prescribed burns – for a while
Mechanical thinning alone can calm the intensity of future wildfires for many years, and prescribed burns lengthen thinning’s effectiveness,…
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SOLVE volunteers across state remove nearly 27,000 pounds of litter, debris
From Sept. 18 through October 3, Oregonians are participating in SOLVE’s 38th annual Beach & Riverside Cleanup, in partnership with the Oregon…
Continue ReadingTribe wins major step toward resuming whaling off Washington
By GENE JOHNSONAssociated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An administrative law judge has recommended that a Native American tribe in Washington state once…
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Mirror Pond fish passage advisory panel pauses work while BPRD secures funds for options analysis
The Mirror Pond Fish Passage Advisory Committee, charged with recommending a preferred fish passage solution at the Newport Dam facility, said…
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OSU, ODFW, USFS study finds non-native fish are main consumers of salmon in reservoirs
When warm-water fish species like bass, walleye and crappie that are not native to the Pacific Northwest, but prized by some anglers, overlap with…
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Metolius River habitat restoration work set to resume, to aid Chinook salmon, other wildlife
Beginning Thursday, the Deschutes National Forest will be adding more large logs and downed trees into the Metolius River to restore fish habitat,…
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Oregon tree experts expect delayed mortality due to drought
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The effects of the drought and heat on trees won’t be fully known until next spring, tree experts in Oregon…
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Illegal marijuana farms take West’s water in ‘blatant theft’
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — From dusty towns to forests in the West, illegal marijuana growers are taking water in…
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New spacesuits, familiar test: NASA back in C.O. to prep for Mars exploration, return to moon
NASA recently tested new spacesuits designed for a return to the moon and future Mars exploration at a number of natural sites in special spots…
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Signs of fall: Some C.O. trees are changing colors early as a result of drought, heat
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Stressed, tired and ready for winter. No, not you: That’s how the trees in Central Oregon are feeling. Leaves change colors as…
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Bend man creates two ways to maintain cleaner air quality at home amid wildfire smoke
Wildfire smoke has continued to cast a haze across the High Desert off and on for weeks. Now, the smoke is not only hurting the air quality outside…
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OSU to lead National Science Foundation-funded effort to find Antarctica’s oldest ice
Oregon State University said Thursday it will lead a National Science Foundation-funded effort to discover Antarctica’s oldest ice and learn more…
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DEQ extends smoke-related air quality advisory for much of C. Oregon until at least Saturday
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued an air quality advisory Thursday for Central, Eastern…
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Ocean hypoxia off Pacific Northwest coast more troubling than ever, experts say
Rather than ocean oxygen levels improving, as they usually do this time of year, hypoxia off the Pacific Northwest coast is as bad as it’s been at…
Continue ReadingMajority of remaining fossil fuels must stay in the ground to limit climate crisis below critical threshold, study shows
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN To avoid the worst consequences of climate change — worsening extreme weather, irreversible ecosystem shifts, loss of life…
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Smoky skies are slowly becoming a late-summer norm for Bend
If you have only been living in Bend for a few years, you would not be wrong thinking smoky summers are usual, but only recently have the…
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C. Oregon’s bout of ‘unhealthy’ smoke continues; Death Cab for Cutie concert canceled
Another day of thick, “hazardous”-level wildfire smoke was keeping many Central Oregonians indoors on Labor Day and prompted cancellation of another…
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