2 southern Oregon fish species proposed for Endangered Species Act protections

An environmental group is proposing the Umpqua chub and northern roach, both native to southern Oregon, receive Endangered ...
La Grande Observer

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s list of species at risk surpasses 300

A researcher holds a hatchery juvenile spring Chinook salmon in Oregon. (Mia Maldonado/Oregon Capital Chronicle) More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater ...
Jefferson Public Radio

Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers

Just a year after four dams were removed, fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin in ...

Oregon and conservationists ask court to OK dam operation changes to help salmon

Conservationists and the state of Oregon have asked a federal court to approve changes to dam operations on the lower Snake ...
OPB

ODFW says three wolves killed in Wallowa County poisoning

Courtesy of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Thursday that three wolves were fatally poisoned in Wallowa County, the latest in a string ...

Iconic Oregon fish threatened with extinction makes big rebound

Coho salmon numbers have greatly improved in Oregon's coastal rivers. They may qualify for removal from the Endangered ...
KTVZ

Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission OKs rules to implement ‘Beaver Bill,’ adopts updated mule deer plan

CHILOQUIN, Ore. (KTVZ) —The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, meeting in Chiloquin, adopted rules Friday to implement HB 3464 passed by the 2023 Oregon Legislature, also known as the “Beaver Bill,” ...
La Grande Observer

New Oregon fish and wildlife director, an agency insider, is first woman at the helm

Spring Chinook salmon in the Rogue River watershed are protected by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. Debbie Colbert, the new leader of the agency, will need to continue to find revenue to ...
The World

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s list of species at risk surpasses 300

More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater protection, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, up from 294 about a decade ago, the last time ...