A pair of osprey fledglings were spotted falling from their nest after attempting to fly in Powell Butte almost two weeks ago. A concerned citizen brought them to Bend wildlife hospital Think Wild.
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New research from they Oregon State University Extension Service found slugs and snails are strongly attracted to bread dough, a discovery that could lead to better ways of controlling these serious pests of agriculture, nurseries and home gardens.
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Scores of live sand dollars began washing ashore on the Oregon coast Sunday, mystifying locals.
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The Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan protects spotted frogs, bull trout, and other wildlife. It also limits the amount of water ranchers and farmers can use. That limit — plus a severe drought this year — is taking a toll on their livelihoods.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein is calling on federal land managers to conduct an investigation to determine how many of the wild horses captured on public lands in the West end up at slaughterhouses.
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In addition to being visually stunning, schools of herring, herds of wildebeest and countless other groups of organisms that act in concert can help complex ecosystems maintain their diversity and stability, new research by Oregon State University shows.
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The Forest Service is requiring central cascades wilderness permits to protect the many hiking trails the public enjoys from being worn down. Permits are requited until September 24th. One avid hiker expressed Sunday that the permits are frustrating and she can hardly find an open slot to hike the places she would like to.
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The Sunriver Nature Center’s newest animal ambassador, a gyrfalcon, now has a name — Freya, the facility announced Wednesday.
Continue Reading Federal land managers have begun efforts to capture about 50% more wild horses than originally planned this year because of severe drought across the U.S. West.
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After being delayed by the pandemic, and then last month’s Grandview Fire, restoration work on a 1.5-mile stretch of Whychus Creek is now underway.
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In response to a petition and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday granted endangered status to a population of one of North America’s rarest mammals, the Sierra Nevada red fox, the environmental group announced.
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The Bureau of Land Management Burns District announced Friday plans to conduct a helicopter gather of wild horses within and immediately adjacent to the Stinkingwater Herd Management Area beginning in mid-August. The gather is being conducted to remove about 390 excess wild horses.
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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Thursday it has authorized lethal action and will provide a kill permit to a Baker County livestock producer who requested the option after ODFW confirmed that the Lookout Mountain Pack of wolves killed or injured four of their cows over a two-week period.
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A new grant will allow Oregon State University researchers to study the nutritional value of more than 100 bee-pollinated crops, native plants and commonly used ornamental plants, a project that could help scientists better understand the global decline of bee populations.
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Low oxygen levels measured off the coast of Oregon and Washington are raising concerns of large “dead zones” that could decimate crabs and bottom-dwelling fish within them. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said this week that researchers have detected unseasonably low oxygen levels in a large
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Southwest Bend resident Colleen Quinn said Thursday she still can’t believe a cat brought a dead, rabid bat into her home.
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Officials on the massive Bootleg Fire in southern Oregon, approaching 400,000 acres in size, confirmed Wednesday that the fire was determined to be lightning-caused, as more than 2,200 firefighters brought it to nearly one-third containment.
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A 17-year study in Oregon, Washington and California has found that removal of invasive barred owls arrested the population decline of the northern spotted owl, a native species threatened by invading barred owls and the loss of old-forest habitats.
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Extreme heat and wildfires throughout the state of Oregon have a lot of people wondering how wildlife is being affected. The Bend wildlife hospital and conservation center Think Wild said Wednesday it hasn’t seen any injured or orphaned wildlife patients due to the fires yet, but during the heat wave, their hotline was flooded with calls about birds fleeing their nests.
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The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 Friday to reclassify the marbled murrelet from threatened to endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act.
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