Recreation

Oregonians will soon have more options to go camping now that the state parks department is finalizing details on a capital improvement plan.

After previous attempts to create a federal wilderness at Sutton Mountain fizzled, Oregon’s U.S. senators have proposed a national monument instead.

A new permit system and a thick, ever-present blanket of wildfire smoke gave some of Oregon’s most popular trails a break from crowds this summer.

The Central Oregon ski resort’s parent company wants to let people pay more to bypass long lift lines, but Sen. Ron Wyden says that blocks equitable access to public lands.

More than half the people who bought Central Cascades Wilderness Permits before the season started never showed up to hike.

Oregon will charge campers from outside the state a 25% surcharge for RV sites in dozens of campgrounds because of increased demand for the spaces.

Closures of recreational steelhead fisheries on the Deschutes, Umatilla, John Day and Walla Walla rivers are intended to limit damage to historically small runs.

The number of steelhead returning to the Columbia River this year is the lowest ever recorded. A group of conservation and fishing organizations say people should stop fishing for them this year.

The Air Force wants to expand its low-altitude training range into Oregon and Nevada but hasn't held public meetings in either state. Oregon's U.S. senators are urging them to reconsider.

The Bend Park and Recreation District has proposed 27 projects to restore riparian zones and consolidate access points to the Deschutes River.