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Wildlife

What are beavers up to in the Malheur National Forest? We’re getting answers

A first-of-its-kind survey will improve management of beavers and riparian ecosystems in Oregon’s Blue Mountains

Dec 18, 2025
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6-minute read

What are beavers up to in the Malheur National Forest? We’re getting answers

A first-of-its-kind survey will improve management of beavers and riparian

Dec 18, 2025
6-minute read

Environmental passion project documents new species in an Oregon county

Columbia County native Jon Hakim’s audacious reptile and amphibian count has landed in an academic journal

Dec 4, 2025
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8-minute read

Environmental passion project documents new species in an Oregon county

Columbia County native Jon Hakim’s audacious reptile and amphibian count

Dec 4, 2025
8-minute read

This new innovation could make solar farms more wildlife friendly

In southern Oregon, the massive Diamond Solar Project will be part of a trending design and construction style

Nov 25, 2025
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5-minute read

This new innovation could make solar farms more wildlife friendly

In southern Oregon, the massive Diamond Solar Project will be

Nov 25, 2025
5-minute read

Logging projects still imperiling endangered western gray squirrels

Critics say Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is moving ahead with timber sales that will destroy crucial habitat

Nov 20, 2025
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8-minute read

Logging projects still imperiling endangered western gray squirrels

Critics say Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is moving ahead

Nov 20, 2025
8-minute read

OPINION: Why the Pac NW needs a rodenticide ban

Wildlife, fish and pets are put at risk even though alternative rat poison and rodent-control solutions are available

Oct 2, 2025
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8-minute read

OPINION: Why the Pac NW needs a rodenticide ban

Wildlife, fish and pets are put at risk even though

Oct 2, 2025
8-minute read

Tracking wildlife from a helicopter: How it’s really done

Chasing Wildlife Secrets, a new book by Scott McCorquodale, offers a firsthand account of the lives of professional wildlife biologists

Sep 25, 2025
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15-minute read

Tracking wildlife from a helicopter: How it’s really done

Chasing Wildlife Secrets, a new book by Scott McCorquodale, offers

Sep 25, 2025
15-minute read

Game managers look for bighorn sheep spreading deadly disease

Herds are dwindling as a bacterial pneumonia ravages sheep populations east of the Cascades

Aug 20, 2025
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4-minute read

Game managers look for bighorn sheep spreading deadly disease

Herds are dwindling as a bacterial pneumonia ravages sheep populations

Aug 20, 2025
4-minute read

Pacific lamprey have reached an impasse

The Columbia River’s most misunderstood fish faces challenges as conservation funding dries up and dams block their path

Jul 17, 2025
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14-minute read

Pacific lamprey have reached an impasse

The Columbia River’s most misunderstood fish faces challenges as conservation

Jul 17, 2025
14-minute read

On wildlife, Ferguson is no Inslee

Voters who assumed Washington’s new governor would follow his predecessor’s game policies are dismayed. Others are rejoicing

Jun 5, 2025
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12-minute read

On wildlife, Ferguson is no Inslee

Voters who assumed Washington’s new governor would follow his predecessor’s

Jun 5, 2025
12-minute read

Orphaned bobcats on the mend in central Oregon

After being found at a roadside rest stop, the siblings are being cared for by the Think Wild wildlife hospital

Jun 2, 2025
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3-minute read

Orphaned bobcats on the mend in central Oregon

After being found at a roadside rest stop, the siblings

Jun 2, 2025
3-minute read

Illness fatal to big game animals hits Washington, edges closer to Oregon

Already rampant in dozens of states, chronic wasting disease has become a priority for wildlife managers here

May 15, 2025
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13-minute read

Illness fatal to big game animals hits Washington, edges closer to Oregon

Already rampant in dozens of states, chronic wasting disease has

May 15, 2025
13-minute read

Big changes are coming to the way Oregon manages mule deer hunts

The iconic species is in decline. New data is helping game managers address the problem

Apr 16, 2025
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5-minute read

Big changes are coming to the way Oregon manages mule deer hunts

The iconic species is in decline. New data is helping

Apr 16, 2025
5-minute read

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