Delay in getting some National Guard members to fires prompts concern
The major wildfires in Oregon have prompted an all hands on deck response. From local fire crews to the Oregon National Guard, efforts to bring the…
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Prineville beekeeper says more smoke could mean fewer bees
The dense smoke from Oregon’s ravaging wildfires is not only unhealthy for humans and pets, but also for the region’s…
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St. Vincent de Paul taking donations for fire evacuees, following COVID-19 rules
Workers and volunteers at St. Vincent de Paul were busy Thursday preparing meals, clothing and grocery bags.…
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Sisters woman offers three evacuated families shelter after fleeing Holiday Farm Fire
A woman in Sisters has taken three families under her wing after they were evacuated from their homes due the Holiday Farm…
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Stranded whale dies on Southern Oregon beach
A 38-foot whale became stranded on the Oregon coast south of Bandon Saturday afternoon and later died, Oregon parks officials said…
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Think Wild’s Beaver Works Oregon program launches ‘River Neighbors’ initiative
Beaver Works Oregon, a program of Think Wild, invites people who live and play along the Deschutes River to get to know beavers as shapers of…
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Deschutes National Forest rangers removing man-made structures
The Deschutes National Forest said in a Facebook post Wednesday that Forest Service field rangers have been busy removing man-made structures across…
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OSP seeks tips to find who shot elk with arrow on private land near Sunriver
Oregon State Police are seeking the public’s help in finding whoever shot an elk with an arrow on private property Tuesday morning in the Three…
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Tillamook bow hunter charged, killed by elk he had shot, wounded
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (KTVZ) — A bow hunter who shot and wounded a bull elk in Tillamook on Saturday couldn’t find it before night fell, so he went…
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A rescue for the birds: Team effort frees entangled osprey near Terrebonne
A team effort by several public and private entities on Monday helped free a fledgling osprey that became severely entangled in its nesting materials…
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Tumalo sanctuary’s first chimp, Topo, passes away
Topo, the first chimpanzee brought to the Freedom for Great Apes sanctuary in Tumalo (formerly Chimps Inc.) 25 years ago, has passed away at about 50…
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Christmas Valley man jailed in poaching ‘thrill kill’ of 6 pronghorn antelope
Six pronghorn antelope run down with a pickup truck on a roadway in Lake County on April 26 are the latest in a string of poaching thrill kills in…
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Oregon Zoo targets giraffe poaching crisis heightened by COVID-19
Amid a poaching crisis heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon Zoo in Portland and the Uganda Wildlife Authority have announced a new…
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It’s a boy! Oregon Zoo’s red panda cub gets his first vet check
Veterinarians and animal-care staff conducted their first examination of Mei Mei’s 6-week-old red panda cub at the Oregon Zoo on Monday, and…
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Federal funding for pollinator health research includes $454K for OSU
Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture…
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Sunriver Nature Center welcomes newest resident: a Eurasian eagle-owl
Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory has welcomed a female Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) to its ambassador animal program. The owl is the first new…
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Oregon Zoo, partners return endangered turtles to the wild
Summer’s just heating up in Portland, but for 23 western pond turtles reared at the Oregon Zoo, a nine-month stretch of warm days and nights is…
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Central Oregon songbirds are dying at an alarming rate from salmonella
Salmonella infections in birds is a common occurrence in winter, but a summer outbreak is affecting a number of red crossbills in Central Oregon.…
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ODOT: Hwy. 97 wildlife underpasses have had bigger safety impact than expected
A pair of Highway 97 wildlife underpasses near Sunriver have provided more safety for deer and other animals — and for motorists — than planners…
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Early-morning cougar sightings reported in SE Bend, near Grocery Outlet
At least a few citizens reported seeing a cougar wandering through populated areas of southeast Bend early Thursday morning, including a sighting by…
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