After a continued public hearing, Bend planning commissioners voted 6-1 Monday evening to approve Bend Park and Rec’s trail improvement project along the Deschutes River, although it could require about three dozen trees to be removed.
Continue Reading
The Bend Park and Recreation District said Monday it is planning for recreational access and riparian habitat restoration at parks along the Deschutes River, focusing in part on dozens of unofficial access spots that could be closed or consolidated.
Continue Reading
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday he has received more than 15,000 nominations for more than 4,000 miles of rivers and streams in Oregon that enthusiasts believe deserve to be added to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers designation list.
Continue Reading
Citing a too-tight timeline, a plan to impose fees as part of a limited entry system for some heavily used wilderness areas in the Oregon Cascades has been delayed until next year, a Forest Service official said. The limited entry system is still set to go into effect this summer.
Continue Reading
Residents who enjoy activities like hiking or biking have encountered steel traps near trailheads, campgrounds and public areas. Some have reported their pets were caught in them.
Continue Reading
The Oregon State Marine Board agreed this week to further explore a citizen’s request to allow boats with electric motors on North and South Twin Lakes, at slow-no wake speed, for use by those with disabilities.
Continue Reading
The Deschutes County Road Department said Thursday it plans to close Cascade Lakes Highway and Paulina Lake Road (Forest Service Road 21) for the winter on Thursday, Nov. 21.
Continue Reading
A panel commissioned by Gov. Kate Brown aiming to improve recreation in Oregon’s outdoors suggests creating an Oregon Outdoors Pass and getting more diversity in wild spaces.
Continue Reading
As storms hit, buddy ski and use familiar trails to ensure safety BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mt. Bachelor is expecting lots of snowfall over the next few days, but the already stormy conditions didn’t keep many skiers and snowboarders from getting out there and hitting the slopes on Friday. Resort officials say you should ski
Continue Reading
More than 30 Oregon state parks were free to the public Wednesday on the annual New Year’s First Day Hikes. Participating parks included the La Pine and Smith Rock state parks.
Continue Reading A plan that would require purchasing a permit before entering three of Oregon’s most popular wilderness areas has received a largely negative response.
Continue Reading
The 2019 legislative session was a busy one, in which seven bills were introduced by the Oregon Marine Board. All of them passed, including the agency’s operating budget, so several new laws affecting recreational boaters take effect Jan. 1.
Continue Reading
Three years after voters approved stepped-up program CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Eighty-one percent of Oregon’s eligible fifth- and sixth-grade students participated in the statewide Oregon State University Extension Service Outdoor School program in the 2018-19 school year, according to a new Oregon State University Extension Service report. A total of 37,965 students took part in Outdoor
Continue Reading
Discover Your Forest, in collaboration with the Deschutes National Forest and Mt. Bachelor Ski Area, is beginning their annual winter interpretive programs. The programs allow visitors to the Mt. Bachelor Ski Area to snowshoe, ski or snowboard with a ranger.
Continue Reading
For the ninth year in a row, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is partnering with America’s State Parks to offer free guided First Day Hikes in state parks across Oregon, including Smith Rock State Park, on New Year’s Day.
Continue Reading
Anglers earned nearly $1,162,000 in 2019 through participation in the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Program. In all, they removed more than 146,000 northern pikeminnow from the Columbia and Snake rivers, which means fewer big fish preying on juvenile endangered salmon.
Continue Reading The Oregon State Marine Board is soliciting written comments on a petition it received Thursday for North and South Twin Lakes in Deschutes County, asking to allow the use of electric motors, at a slow-no wake speed.
Continue Reading
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites Oregonians outdoors on New Year’s Day for the annual First Day Hikes event.
Continue Reading
Mt. Bachelor, waiting anxiously for snow in recent weeks, planned a ‘Hopening Day’ party for the day after Thanksgiving — and now that a pre-holiday snowstorm has dumped close to two feet of snow on the slopes, it’ll be opening day, too, for thankful skiers and snowboarders.
Continue Reading The Deschutes and Willamette national forests on Tuesday extended the public comment period for input on a proposed special recreation permit fee as a part of the new limited entry system for day and overnight use in three Central Cascades wildernesses.
Continue Reading