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Deschutes County commissioners decided they will not reduce the amount of land considered to be in the wildfire hazard zone, but are still d… Read more
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A canal piping project operated by the Central Oregon Irrigation District near Redmond has b… Read more
Another set of scientists, this one more than five-dozen deep, is sounding the alarm over Sn… Read more
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BOISE, Idaho — State lawmakers have introduced a bill that aims to cut Idaho’s wolf populati… Read more
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A young endangered loggerhead turtle is recovering after it was found, stunned by cold ocean… Read more
Critics of the tax credit claim it amounts to a subsidy for the largest “confined animal fee… Read more
Citing a dismal outlook on water year 2021, the Klamath Tribes have filed a notice of intent… Read more
Opponents of a 300-mile transmission line in Eastern Oregon claim the U.S. Bureau of Land Ma… Read more
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Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, b… Read more
From wildfires in the west to a rare freeze in Texas and increasing numbers of hurricanes in… Read more
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Wickiup Reservoir, which holds back water for use by the North Unit Irrigation District, is … Read more
RENO, Nev. — A longtime Nevada rancher is suing U.S. regulators over the approval of a lithi… Read more
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A plan by the U.S. Forest Service to remove trees areas around Walton Lake due to laminated … Read more
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Nearly two decades ago, Republican President George W. Bush stood on a bank… Read more
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Partially treated wastewater was discharged into the Willamette River due to a prolonged pow… Read more
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Flooding in the Columbia River Basin is expected to increase dramatically in scale over the … Read more
Farmers in northeast Oregon have completed the second of three new water pipelines tapping i… Read more
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A plan to require permits for certain trailheads in the Central Oregon Cascades, which was d… Read more
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BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge on Thursday overturned a Trump administration action that … Read more
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In another setback to the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export terminal proposed in Coos… Read more
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has launched a new challenge seeking innovative solutions to … Read more
When wildfires roar through a forest and bulldozers dig into the earth to stop advancing fla… Read more
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The annual Central Oregon Sportsman Show, which last year was canceled at the last minute du… Read more
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A year ago U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked Oregonians to nominate their favorite rivers t… Read more
At approximately 9 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Jan. 26, 1700, a magnitude 8 or 9 earthquake … Read more
An Oregon State University researcher is zeroing in on plans to build what he describes as "… Read more
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PORTLAND — Eight Democratic lawmakers called Tuesday for an investigation into “potential sc… Read more
The federal government is again defending a timber sale in a recreational area near Springfi… Read more
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The slopes of Mount St. Helens will be a little less crowded this year. Read more
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January often means long, dark nights spent inside with a movie and cup of tea. Fortunately,… Read more
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Work to restore the natural streamflow of Paulina Creek in the Deschutes National Forest sou… Read more
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The most prolific trumpeter swan pair in Oregon’s breeding program experienced a tragic turn… Read more
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has no legal right to curtail water deliveries for irrigators… Read more
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The Trump administration is overturning a decades-old ban on logging large trees in six nati… Read more
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Five years ago the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs set aside 24,000 acres of forestland … Read more
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The Boyd Cave complex southeast of Bend, the site of repeated vandalism, has been damaged ye… Read more
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Lower-than-average snowpack in the Cascades could set the stage for another challenging grow… Read more
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Alex Robertson knew he would be battling wildfires this year — that’s his job. He just could… Read more
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A habitat conservation plan designed to increase the flow of water in the Deschutes River in… Read more
Opponents of a statewide policy aimed at steeply decreasing Oregon’s greenhouse gas emission… Read more
When California passed its landmark cap-and-trade law in 2006, supporters were hopeful the p… Read more
The discovery confirmed what others suspected Read more
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With tens of thousands of people expected to move to Central Oregon over the coming decade, … Read more
A new analysis finds that Oregon has now lost nearly 30% of its named glaciers since the mid-1900s. Read more
Agencies interested in the permit must show they tried other, nonlethal methods first Read more
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A multi-million dollar project to modernize the Ochoco Irrigation District water delivery sy… Read more
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The complexity of the project underscores the challenges that national forest managers encou… Read more
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As farmers across Central Oregon face a third straight year of drought, and wildlife in this… Read more
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The U.S. Forest Service will move forward on a long-delayed project to thin and sanitize for… Read more
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Following a two-week full closure due to Governor Kate Brown’s COVID-19 "freeze" order, the … Read more
Natural Resources Conservation Service to consider feedback in evaluating programs. Read more
The tufted puffin, an iconic seabird that can often be spotted at Haystack Rock in Cannon Be… Read more
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Piles of wood collected to reduce the possibility of wildfire will be burned starting Thursd… Read more
Crews are making biochar out of forest slash burned in the Riverside Fire on the Mt. Hood Na… Read more
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A herd of feral horses that grazes on land within the Ochoco National Forest could have its … Read more
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Pictographs produced by Native Americans in the Deschutes National Forest have been vandaliz… Read more
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Before Labor Day, Detroit was a quaint community on the shores of its namesake reservoir in … Read more
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A Culver man was sentenced in a federal court on Monday for the flagrant and repeated poachi… Read more
Three projects aimed at replacing open irrigation canals with pipelines to eliminate seepage… Read more
WASHINGTON — In a rush to change federal regulations before leaving office, the Trump admini… Read more
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Michael Freilich, a former Oregon State University professor, dedicated his life to better u… Read more
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KLAMATH FALLS — After four months of negotiations and uncertainty, the largest dam removal e… Read more
