Top pikeminnow fisherman saves salmon – and earns nearly $70,000
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – This year, anglers caught and removed more than 140,000 northern pikeminnow from the Columbia and Snake rivers, protecting…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – This year, anglers caught and removed more than 140,000 northern pikeminnow from the Columbia and Snake rivers, protecting…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission directed ODFW staff Friday to work with the Department of Justice and develop rules to stop coyote killing…
Continue ReadingJackson County firefighters have seen it all, but even they were shocked to find the bodies of two black bears killed and found high in two pine…
Continue ReadingFish screens keep young, small salmon migrating downstream from getting diverted into pumps or channels that could strand or kill them.…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) related to the…
Continue ReadingFor the first time since 2019, Oregon State Parks will host Whale Watch Week in person along the Oregon Coast Dec. 28–Jan.…
Continue ReadingOregon State Police and the Department of Fish and Wildlife recently came to the aid of a mule deer doe in Powell Butte struggling with some wire…
Continue ReadingSen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Monday $557,600 in federal funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch and Pollinator…
Continue ReadingASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Scientists along the West Coast are calling for action to help sunflower sea stars, among the largest sea stars in the world,…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday lifted a temporary restraining order that limited wolf hunting and…
Continue ReadingStarting this Thursday, four winter range closures take effect across the Deschutes National Forest to provide critical habitat for deer and elk,…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge said he would decide Tuesday whether to continue temporary limits he…
Continue ReadingA tundra swan in the care of Bend’s Think Wild wildlife rehabilitation hospital for the past two weeks was successfully released back into the wild…
Continue Reading In the depth of winter, a deep layer of snow quiets the High Desert’s forests. But under the surface, a secret world comes to life. A new High…
Continue ReadingThink Wild, a Bend wildlife rehabilitation hospital, says a tundra swan now in their care was lucky to survive a casualty event that killed many…
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The winning artwork has been selected for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2023 Waterfowl, Upland Game Bird, and…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is seeking the public’s assistance in finding the person or people responsible for the unlawful…
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and its wildlife management agency alleging it…
Continue ReadingBend Police officers shot and killed a cougar in a northwest Bend neighborhood Wednesday night, less than 12 hours after the first of several…
Continue ReadingFreedom for Great Apes, the chimp sanctuary in Tumalo, announced “with a heavy heart” Thursday the passing of their beloved chimp Thiele, at age…
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