Cougar blamed for Mt. Hood hiker’s death
PORTLAND — Authorities say a dead hiker whose body was recovered this week was likely killed by a cougar, marking the first fatal attack by a wild cougar in Oregon and the second in the Pacific...
View ArticleColumbia River closes all salmon fishing after Wednesday
CLACKAMAS — Low returns of salmon on the Columbia River prompted fishery managers to end salmon fishing after Wednesday.With fall Chinook salmon returns to the Columbia River tracking well below...
View ArticleAdventures on the water
September 9 was a gorgeous day to be on the Columbia River. Even better, I was in a kayak drifting through the Hanford Reach National Monument near Richland, Washington, on a tour with Columbia Kayak...
View ArticleHunters offered new reward for turning in poachers
Oregon hunters are getting a new incentive to turn in poachers.A program, approved by the 2016 Oregon Legislature and put into effect this month, offers the option of big game preference points instead...
View ArticleDeer decoy sting nets multiple citations
Oregon State Police conducting deer poaching stings during the weekend cited three Milton-Freewater men and seized two rifles.State police reported troopers set up a decoy deer Saturday off the U.S....
View ArticleEastern Oregon hunt raffle to benefit OSU ag scholarship
A conservation easement in the heart of Wallowa County farmland is being managed to grow large white tail buck deer for big game hunting — and philanthropy.Landowner Woody Wolfe said he’s managed the...
View ArticleWestern Innovator: Using grazing as wildfire tool
EO Media GroupKirk Davies and his fellow rangeland scientists in southeastern Oregon for years produced studies showing earlier grazing reduces future fire risk while benefiting native plants.Now they...
View ArticleLow fish numbers prompt early end to steelhead season
Steelhead fishing on the Umatilla River ended Monday due to the low number of returning fish. The closure is in effect on the Umatilla from Threemile Dam to the Umatilla Indian Reservation boundary....
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