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Ashland Tribal Youth Forestry Restoration Program Receives $700,000 in Federal Grants
ASHLAND, Ore. — The Ashland-based non-profit Lomakatsi Restoration Project (LRP) has received two grants of $700,000 from the Interior Department’s Youth Service Corps to support the organization’s Tribal Youth Ecological Stewardship…
Botulism And Bird Flu May be Causing Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge Bird Deaths
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Refuge staff collected 500 dead birds from Sump1A, the largest water body in the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in far Northern California.
The supervisory biologist at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife…
High Levels of Bacteria in Oregon’s Wagner Creek
TALENT, Ore. — Elevated levels of bacteria are being recorded in Oregon’s Wagner Creek in Talent that could have been caused by fecal matter.
Warning Issued that Bacteria Levels Exceed Safety Standards
Rogue Valley Council’s…
Final Dam in the $450 Million Klamath River Project is Under Deconstruction
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The John C. Boyle Dam was breached yesterday in the final stages of a $450 million project that is hoped will restore salmon to the Klamath River.
Salmon Population Will be Restored
This is the fourth and…
Microplastic Filtering Devices are Hoped Will Help to Preserve Oregon’s Tourism Industry
Portland State University (PSU) researchers will be working in collaboration with various tourist organizations on a project to install microplastic filtering devices, such as commercial dishwashers and dryer vents, that release tiny…
Governor Calls in the National Guard as Wildfires Ravage Oregon
The Durkee and Battle Mountain Complex fires in eastern Oregon are raging across a 420 square mile radius, prompting Governor Tina Kotek to call in the National Guard and invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act.
By yesterday, equipment…
Decline Of Oregon’s NW Wolf Population Created Environmental Imbalance
Recently published research in the journal BioScience indicates that ecosystems in the Northwest were significantly shaped by wolves before they were nearly wiped out in the region. Earlier research has lacked sufficient insight into their…
Ashland Wildfire Blaze Contained By Scores Of Firefighters
ASHLAND, Ore. — A wildfire blaze that ignited on Dead Indian Memorial Road, northeast of Ashland, late on Thursday night has been successfully contained by teams of firefighters. The cause of the wildfire is currently being investigated.…
Demolition of Evans Creek Dam Will Restore Native Salmon and Steelhead Breeding Grounds
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Work crews this week completed the demolition of a concrete dam to restore habitat of native salmon and steelhead in Evans Creek which is now completely free flowing at the dam site for the first time in 128 years,…
The Upper Applegate Fire Has Spread Another 256 Acres but is Fully Contained
JACKSON COUNTY. Ore. — The Upper Applegate Fire spread another 256 acres in hot and windy conditions yesterday, according to the Southwest District of the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). Nevertheless, perimeter lines are now 100%…