Prescribed fire to shut down Shevlin Park Tuesday

78-acre burn expected to bring smoke to west Bend

Published Oct. 14, 2019 at 12:21PM / Updated Oct. 14, 2019 at 10:22PM

A prescribed fire will take place on 78 acres in Shevlin Park on Tuesday and is expected to bring smoke … Read more

Michael Kohn, The Bulletin

Horse infected with West Nile virus in Crook County

Published Oct. 14, 2019 at 02:57PM / Updated Oct. 14, 2019 at 06:35PM

A horse in Crook County that became ill in September has been diagnosed with West … Read more

Despite Trump campaign pledge, Oregon logging not increasing

Deschutes County wood products jobs went from 12.3% in 1990 to 1.3% in 2018

Published Oct. 12, 2019 at 05:17PM / Updated Oct. 12, 2019 at 10:38PM

Three years ago, Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Eugene and promised supporters that … Read more

NASA scientist to give talk in Bend

Published Oct. 9, 2019 at 02:27PM / Updated Oct. 9, 2019 at 05:41PM

Retired NASA science administrator and former Oregon State University professor Michael Freilich will be coming … Read more

OSU-Cascades event to feature water treatment

Oct. 9, 2019 at 06:53PM

Portable wastewater treatment machines and mini desalination plants sound like futuristic concepts — but both … Read more

Fish rescue planned for Deschutes shallow channels

Volunteers will rescue fish as water flows from Wickiup Reservoir are dialed back

Published Oct. 9, 2019 at 06:01PM / Updated Oct. 9, 2019 at 06:14PM

A rescue operation in the Upper Deschutes is planned for this weekend — but it’s … Read more

Deschutes National Forest seeks winter volunteers

Oct. 9, 2019 at 11:05AM

In an effort to recruit volunteers to serve as winter interpretive rangers and winter conservation … Read more

National forests reveal fee proposals for wilderness permits

Popular Central Cascades trails affected

Published Oct. 8, 2019 at 12:13PM / Updated Oct. 8, 2019 at 09:02PM

Suggested day-use and overnight fees for a new permitting system scheduled to be set in … Read more

Central Oregon logging industry drops amid construction downturn

Lumber prices dropped 30 percent in past year

Oct. 7, 2019 at 10:01PM

For longtime lumberman Bruce Daucsavage, 2019 has been one of the most challenging years for … Read more

Central Oregon mushrooms season is booming

Wet, cold weather means plentiful mushrooms

Published Oct. 4, 2019 at 01:09PM / Updated Oct. 4, 2019 at 08:13PM

For mushroom collectors in Central Oregon, the fall of 2019 will be one for the … Read more

Bend to consider carbon reduction plan in December

Proposed plan would reduce fossil fuel consumption by 49% within a decade

Oct. 4, 2019 at 07:03PM

A plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions in the city of Bend by changing commuting … Read more

Wyden seeks nominations for wild and scenic rivers

Oct. 2, 2019 at 03:03PM

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is calling on the public to nominate rivers that should … Read more

Pile burning planned for Deschutes National Forest

Published Oct. 2, 2019 at 07:50PM / Updated Oct. 2, 2019 at 08:04PM

Smoke from woodpile burning in the Deschutes National Forest is expected in the coming days … Read more

New home planned for Warm Springs Chamber of Commerce

Chamber hopes repurposed shipping containers can be used by local entrepreneurs

Published Sept. 26, 2019 at 04:03PM / Updated Sept. 26, 2019 at 08:18PM

When it comes to planning a new home, the Chamber of Commerce at Warm Springs … Read more

Bend company looks for inventive ways to recycle plastic into usable products

Closing the plastic loop is a mission for The Broomsmen

Sept. 26, 2019 at 10:01PM

Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, recycling was not a conversation Phil Torchio recalls having around … Read more

Officials to burn slash in Ochoco National Forest

The burn will reduce fuels that could create out-of-control wildfires

Published Sept. 24, 2019 at 05:03PM / Updated Sept. 24, 2019 at 06:45PM

Fire managers in the Ochoco National Forest are planning to burn piles of wood slash … Read more

Surfrider Foundation plans conservation summit in Bend

Sept. 23, 2019 at 04:59PM

The Surfrider Foundation is teaming up with Central Oregon Community College’s outdoor leadership program to … Read more

Prescribed burns planned Tuesday south of Bend

Sept. 23, 2019 at 06:13PM

The Deschutes National Forest plans two prescribed burns this week south of Bend. The Deadlog … Read more

Chronic wasting disease prompts ban on deer urine

Oregon trying to keep the elk and deer disease out of state

Published Sept. 22, 2019 at 02:01PM / Updated Sept. 22, 2019 at 07:55PM

Spritzing urine from a doe in heat on the forest floor is an old hunter’s … Read more

Hoary bat numbers decline amid wind turbine expansion

Millions of bats have died over the past two decades, says OSU-Cascades study

Published Sept. 21, 2019 at 02:01PM / Updated Sept. 21, 2019 at 08:25PM

Bats are facing multiple threats in the Pacific Northwest as both white-nose syndrome and wind … Read more

Climate strike draws hundreds of protesters to downtown Bend

Protesters ‘uneasy’ about climate change and planet’s future

Sept. 20, 2019 at 10:01PM

Hundreds of protesters crowded all four corners of a busy downtown intersection in Bend on … Read more

Discover Nature Festival set for Saturday

Published Sept. 19, 2019 at 03:53PM / Updated Sept. 19, 2019 at 04:09PM

Hands-on learning, games and outdoor recreation are on tap at the fifth annual Discover Nature … Read more

Zero-waste guru coming to Bend

Published Sept. 18, 2019 at 11:39AM / Updated Sept. 18, 2019 at 08:30PM

Bend residents interested in reducing the amount of garbage they produce can get practical tips … Read more

‘Forever chemicals’ found in water at Oregon National Guard bases, school

EPA considers levels safe, but Washington, D.C., group disagrees

Published Sept. 17, 2019 at 10:01PM / Updated Sept. 17, 2019 at 11:30PM

The supply of drinking water at the Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program on Dodds … Read more

Garbage services to launch composting option

Sept. 16, 2019 at 02:49PM

Two garbage and recycling services in Bend will expand the yard debris pick-up program to … Read more

REI, nonprofits remove truckloads of trash from Cabin Butte Pit

Published Sept. 16, 2019 at 06:13PM / Updated Sept. 16, 2019 at 08:30PM

Chris Grey spends most workdays behind a computer sorting out requests for technical help at … Read more

Public invited to monarch butterfly release

Published Sept. 13, 2019 at 05:17PM / Updated Sept. 13, 2019 at 07:49PM

The Deschutes Land Trust is planning to release 10 to 15 monarch butterflies into the … Read more

PGE enhances fish habitats in the Lower Deschutes

1,500 tons of river rock are being placed in the river

Sept. 12, 2019 at 10:01PM

Logs, boulders, gravel and other materials are being strategically placed downstream from the Pelton-Round Butte … Read more

Herbicide treatment underway on post-fire BLM lands

Published Sept. 11, 2019 at 02:39PM / Updated Sept. 11, 2019 at 09:14PM

The Bureau of Land Management Prineville district office is using aerial spraying to treat noxious … Read more

High Desert Museum to profile renewable energy

Bend natural history museum looks to the future

Published Sept. 10, 2019 at 10:01PM / Updated Sept. 10, 2019 at 11:39PM

Hydropower dams, wind turbines, solar power arrays and other forms of renewable energy have been … Read more

Elk benefit from tighter regulations on trails

Wildlife closure on Middle Flagline Trail had been ignored in previous years

Published Sept. 10, 2019 at 05:45PM / Updated Sept. 10, 2019 at 06:34PM

Compared to years past, larger numbers of hikers, bikers and runners are steering clear of … Read more

Cool temps slow fire activity

Published Sept. 9, 2019 at 04:59PM / Updated Sept. 9, 2019 at 07:46PM

Cooler temperatures over the weekend and recent heavy rain have helped suppress a flurry of … Read more

Mt. Bachelor plans new biking trails, terrain park

U.S. Forest Service is asking the public to comment on projects

Published Sept. 8, 2019 at 06:01PM / Updated Sept. 8, 2019 at 09:00PM

Mt. Bachelor ski area plans to build a new terrain park and biking trails and … Read more

Reservoir depletion forces Madras farmers to leave fields fallow

Wickiup Reservoir is at 11% of capacity as irrigation season draws to a close

Published Sept. 7, 2019 at 06:01PM / Updated Sept. 7, 2019 at 09:51PM

For the second year in a row, Madras farmer Phil Fine has left a quarter … Read more

Pronghorn collaring planned to study migration patterns

ODFW gets $290,000 federal grant to track the speedy animals

Published Sept. 7, 2019 at 02:01PM / Updated Sept. 7, 2019 at 10:45PM

Oregon wildlife biologists are a step closer to learning if pronghorn have barriers along their … Read more

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