The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has decided that it is not going to continue killing gulls that have been preying on baby Caspian terns at a nesting colony at the mouth of the Columbia River. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Caspian terns

New Seasons Market placed two colonies of honeybees on the rooftop of its Happy Valley store yesterday as part of a new campaign to discourage people from using pesticides at home. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Environment, Bee colony collapse

A new report from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows the gray wolf population in the Northern Rocky Mountain region dropped by 7 percent last year, even as Oregon and Washington's wolf populations nearly doubled. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Wolves

Activists protesting Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's sea lion branding program reported that one sea lion drowned after being branded with the number 349. Photos taken today show the animal alive and well, according to ODFW. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Sea lions

Activists with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society say a branding operation in Astoria on Sunday caused one sea lion to die this morning. But the Oregon Department of Fish And Wildlife says it has no evidence supporting the group's claim. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Sea lions

Spared from a death sentence, some Columbia River sea lions caught eating protected fish at Bonneville Dam are now living in captivity. I visited the two that are on display at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife, Sea lions

Go for a dive with the people who collect critters for the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Continue reading →

Filed under: Environment, Fish & Wildlife

Drivers and neighbors may hear the blasting sounds of two propane air cannons on the Interstate Bridge connecting Portland and Vancouver over the next two months. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Invasive species, Starlings

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new wolf count showing the state's confirmed population of gray wolves nearly doubled last year. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, Wolves

The Food and Drug Administration has opened public comments on its findings that the genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon – which grows faster than other salmon – won’t have any significant environmental impacts. Continue reading →

Filed under: Fish & Wildlife, AquaAdvantage salmon, genetically modified food