Endangered Species

In the waterways of the Malheur National Forest, the invasive brook trout has been outcompeting the native bull trout, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

A wildlife conservation group has warned two federal agencies that they intend to sue over what they call a “flawed” and “incomplete” habitat plan that endangers a regional amphibian.

A request to list several populations of Chinook salmon as endangered was approved for review by the National Marine Fisheries Service this week. One population lives along the Oregon Coast and the other farther south along the Oregon-California border.

Bull kelp is critical to Oregon coastal ecosystems that historically supported sea otters, urchins and sunflower sea stars.

The male and female cubs, born Tuesday at the Qinling Panda Research Center in Shaanxi province, are the second pair of twins born to their mother, Qin Qin.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is developing a plan to manage the invasive barred owl population on the West Coast. The plan would help with recovery of spotted owl species.

In late summer, a Chinook helicopter will lower trees into several creeks around Deadwood Creek. The resultant "complexity" will benefit the region's coho salmon.

U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio is pushing the Biden administration to issue an emergency reinstatement of Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves.

Endangered killer whales have received new habitat protections from the U.S. government.

The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission votes to reclassify the seabird under the state's Endangered Species Act.