You can salvage the meat from deer and elk struck by vehicles in Oregon, but must fill out a permit and surrender the head and antlers to the Department of Fish and Wildlife. Roadkill Salvage Permits are now a free product in the Electronic Licensing System. If you already have[Read More…]
Outdoors
Ride The Rogue Has Lower Turnout
Organizers of the 12th Ride The Rogue cycling event, hoping for solid late registration to help bolster what had been a slower than usual pre-registration period, with great late summer/early fall weather through all of last week, received the letdown of letdowns, when on Fri., Sept. 22, smoke from somewhere[Read More…]
Tub Springs Water Returns
Water once again flows at the historic tubs at Tub Springs State Wayside, but now as a feature and not a source of drinking water. Water to the historic drinking water tub was shut off in January due to water quality concerns. The Oregon Health Authority ordered the tubs closed[Read More…]
Hiring Starts Soon For The Bureau Of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management is hiring various jobs in wildland fire across Oregon and Washington. Jobs will open for firefighters, dispatchers and to work at airtanker bases starting in October. This is an opportunity for a career that helps protect local communities and public lands. The BLM manages over[Read More…]
BLM Celebrates Free Day
The Bureau of Land Management is waiving recreation day-use fees for visitors on September 23, 2023, in celebration of the 30th annual National Public Lands Day. NPLD is the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands held annually on the fourth Saturday in September. To recognize 30 years of[Read More…]
Nearly 300 Expected For Ride The Rogue Saturday
Cyclists from all over the region, as many as 300 expected, as in 2022, will be on the roads throughout the valley, for the 12th Ride The Rogue cycling event on Sat., Sept. 23. There are three rides, starting in the morning, all beginning and ending at Palmerton Park. The[Read More…]
House Passes Act To Improve National Forests
The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed H.R. 1450, the Treating Tribes and Counties as Good Neighbors Act. Good Neighbor Authority allows the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service to enter into agreements with state forestry agencies to conduct management projects on national forests to improve their ecological resilience and[Read More…]
New Pest Raises Concern For Oak Trees
An invasive insect from Europe and the Middle East that attacks oak trees has recently been found in several Oregon white oaks in Wilsonville. The Mediterranean oak borer (Xyleborus monographus) transmits multiple fungal species to the trees it infests. Some fungal species may cause a disease called oak wilt, which[Read More…]
‘Killing Contests’ Part Of Commission Agenda
Oregon’s Fish and Wildlife Commission will consider rules to prohibit so-called “killing contests” for the taking of coyotes and other unprotected mammals at its meeting Friday. Last December, the Commission denied a petition while directing state staff to develop rules to stop such contests in a way that is consistent[Read More…]
Peak Months For West Nile Virus
Jackson County Vector Control District (JCVCD) is reminding residents that August and September are peak months for West Nile virus (WNv). In August, JCVCD detected WNv in 8 mosquito samples, primarily from White City and northeast Medford. Prior to August, there had been a single WNv detection in July. Mosquitoes[Read More…]
