Conservation

Oregon just passed its second beaver protection law in as many years. The hope is that a bigger beaver population will help salmon, slow wildfires and also safeguard drinking water.

In a new report, the panel of 31 researchers call for bolder measures to bring the endangered whales back from the brink of extinction.

At Umatilla’s former chemical depot, scientists band baby burrowing owls nesting in old juice barrels, part of a yearslong effort to track their migration and ancestry.

Sams was the first Native American to lead the National Park Service.

A new study by Oregon State University researchers reveals the growing risk climate change poses to the survival of thousands of wild animal species.

The depot is home to deer, songbirds and North America’s largest population of burrowing owls.

Project Beaver worked with the Bureau of Land Management to restore the large rodents to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.

Arizona-based developer Piculell Properties plans 38 residential lots on 15 acres in Videra Oak Meadow, but nonprofit Save Videra Oak Meadow opposes due to centuries-old oak trees.

Longtime advocate Mike Houck reflects on a career of restoring nature in Portland while taking "Oregon Field Guide" on an urban safari to track the lifecycle of the great blue heron.

Five Northwest conservation groups have joined the federal government in defending a program to kill barred owls in the Pacific Northwest to protect the threatened northern spotted owl.