Army Corps Won't Kill Gulls To Help Salmon-Eating Terns
OPB | May 13, 2013 4:14 p.m.
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.
Wolverines Remain Elusive In Cascades
OPB | May 06, 2013 5:46 a.m.
Oregon has at least one wolverine living in the state long-term. He’s in the mountains of Northeast Oregon. But efforts to find wolverines in the Cascades so far have come up short.
Urban Beekeepers Aim To Change Household Pesticide Use
OPB | April 23, 2013 10:42 a.m.
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.
Central Oregon's Geothermal Project Picking Up Steam
OPB | April 18, 2013 1:58 p.m.
In Central Oregon, the quest to harness geothermal heat deep below the ground is picking up steam. The Bureau of Land Management has just published an Environmental Assessment for a geothermal exploration southeast of Bend.
Northern Rockies Wolf Population Declined 7 Percent in 2012
OPB | April 12, 2013 2:58 p.m.
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.
State Says Reportedly Drowned Sea Lion Is Alive And Well
OPB | March 27, 2013 4:23 p.m.
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.
Wandering Wolf Has Been Feeding On Dead Elk In Southwest Oregon
AP | March 27, 2013 1:22 p.m.
The wandering wolf OR-7 is in his second week back from California and has moved to Jackson County in southwestern Oregon, where he's been feeding on a dead elk.
Astoria Sea Lion Branding Sparks Outcry From Activists
OPB | March 26, 2013 4:25 p.m.
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.
Cougars Killed In Prineville Were Malnourished
OPB | March 25, 2013 3:45 p.m.
Biologists with Oregon's Department of Fish and Wildlife say two cougars killed over the weekend in a Prineville subdivision suffered from malnutrition.
What Are Columbia River Sea Lions Doing In Chicago?
OPB | March 21, 2013 12:03 p.m.
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.
