Outdoors
Police focusing on stopping high-tech poachers
CLACKAMAS COUNTY — Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division troopers seized 14 thermal imaging devices as part ...
Outdoors
The Natural World: Coping with a fishing addiction
Fishing for stream trout pushed my pleasure button at an early age. On opening day, I’d hike a ...
Outdoors
Avalanche forecaster: Abundance of snow can be less risky, in the long run, than scarcity
A barrage of blizzards since Christmas temporarily increased the avalanche danger in parts of Northeastern Oregon in late ...
Local
Significant rewards available for information on 2024 Oregon wolf poaching cases
SALEM — The reward for information that leads to an arrest or citation in a recent wolf poaching ...
Outdoors
Christmas Bird Count turns up rare bird near Baker City
BAKER CITY — Sean Cozart heard a tundra bean-goose was spotted in Baker County on Dec. 6, but ...
Outdoors
Mountain goat hunter’s ‘perfect’ experience
BAKER CITY — Melissa Hamman was watching mountain goats hundreds of yards away, not knowing that her goat ...
Agriculture
Federal agency offers $10,000 reward in killing of wolf in Morrow County
PORTLAND — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a $10,000 reward in the illegal killing of ...
Outdoors
Free guided hike set for New Year’s Day at Emigrant Springs State Park
MEACHAM — A ranger will lead a free First Day Hike on New Year’s Day at Emigrant Springs ...
Outdoors
McKay Creek near Pendleton closed to salmon, steelhead fishing
PENDLETON — Salmon and steelhead are returning to spawn in McKay Creek, a tributary of the Umatilla River ...
Outdoors
Salmon return goals fall short in Columbia River Basin
Officials still are not close to reaching their goal of returning at least 5 million salmon and steelhead ...