The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is implementing temporary rule changes for Dungeness crab fishers in the 2025-26 ...

When Oregon’s short legislative session convenes in early February, conservation advocates will once again try to convince lawmakers to pass a major funding bill that could provide nearly $30 million ...

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

To reduce the risk of humpback whale entanglements in commercial Dungeness crab gear, the (ODFW) is moving the May 1 ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife estimates 14.5 million wild vertebrate animals are killed on Oregon’s roadways ...

PENDLETON — The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission meets Thursday and Friday, June 12 and 13, in Pendleton. The commission, which oversees the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, will have a ...

Debbie Colbert always knew she wanted to work in natural resources — but the fact that she ended up doing so in Oregon might come as a bit of a surprise. Colbert, 56, is the first woman to lead the ...

A western Red-backed Vole found on the Oregon coast in December 2005. A forest dweller, the Western Red-backed Vole lives along the coast and at lower elevations in Douglas-fir, western hemlock, and ...

A bill to increase the transient lodging tax by 1.25% to fund wildlife programs passed the Oregon House 36-15 on June 20. House Bill 2977 would raise $7 million in 2026 and $41 million in 2027, with ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking information regarding the illegal killing of a federally listed endangered gray ...

In all of Oregon’s natural areas, this would be a first. A proposed wildlife area in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon would be co-managed by state officials and the Confederated Tribes of the ...