Oregon groups explore options for 2020 climate action
Oregon’s climate future could be decided in several ways in the New…
Continue ReadingOregon’s climate future could be decided in several ways in the New…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental is awarding nearly $600,000 in grants to 17 organizations around the state — two in Deschutes County — to…
Continue ReadingFresh Oregon crab is back on the menu soon — the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open along all of Oregon’s coast on Tuesday, Dec. 31, the…
Continue ReadingTumalo Irrigation District’s water stewardship responsibilities may have already come to an end for the year, but they have not gone unnoticed by…
Continue ReadingBOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Interior Department, Idaho and Wyoming are appealing a court ruling that halted a Trump administration plan to ease land-use…
Continue ReadingExtremely dry conditions have triggered a die-off of fall chinook salmon on Oregon’s north coast.…
Continue ReadingProtesters who were arrested during a sit-in at the Oregon governor’s office last month will not be charged with trespassing.…
Continue ReadingA parasitic wasp has shown tremendous potential attacking and controlling spotted wing drosophila – an invasive, destructive fruit fly that costs…
Continue ReadingSeveral major Central Oregon water and sewer projects will receive a total of $72 million in federal EPA loans, announced…
Continue ReadingDEQ, other agencies are lifting the air quality advisory for the Willamette Valley, Columbia River Gorge through The Dalles and southwest Washington…
Continue ReadingState shellfish managers say the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed until at least Dec. 31 along the entire Oregon…
Continue ReadingCentral Oregon’s snowpack levels are well below average for this early-season time of year, prompting some concern, though more snow is on the way at…
Continue ReadingAfter years of work and a recent controversy, Bend city councilors on Wednesday night adopted a Climate Action Plan for the city, a wide-ranging…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Thursday its Hillsboro lab has developed a new, lower-cost air quality monitor that allows the…
Continue ReadingOregon Secretary of State Bev Clarno on Thursday approved three refiled forest protection initiatives, having rejected previous proposals because…
Continue ReadingLong considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can help Douglas-fir seedlings thrive under certain vegetation management conditions, a…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency and Southwest Clean Air Agency issued an…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Zoo’s butterfly conservation lab has 269 reasons to celebrate this season. That’s how many Oregon silverspot caterpillars are waiting…
Continue ReadingA 1,610-acre working lands conservation easement in the southern Willamette Valley now protects the highly imperiled Oregon vesper sparrow, along…
Continue ReadingSenator Ron Wyden visits Bend on Dec. 14 to discuss his legislation and request for public submissions for wild and scenic river nominations, to…
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