Rogue River Junior Senior High will have a new boys’ basketball coach this fall, and, in a development almost as surprising, it will keep its girls’ basketball coach from its partial season a year ago. RRJSHS Athletic Coordinator Kyle Garrison confirmed that Max Javernick, who served as boys’ basketball coach[Read More…]
Sports
Oregon Would Be Impacted By Rescinded Roadless Rule
Oregon would be among the 10 most-impacted states if a U.S. Forest Service proposal to rescind in its entirety the national 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a one-size-fits-all restriction that has frustrated land managers and served as a barrier to wildfire risk reduction work across large swaths of America’s national[Read More…]
Check Out Birdcast As Migration Heats Up
Millions of birds are already taking flight from Canada and winging their way south. The action will heat up in Oregon over the next month or two. Studies have shown that Northern American bird populations have dropped by nearly 30 percent, or about three billion birds, since 1970, and that[Read More…]
Free Upland Game Bird Hunts Again This Fall
Youth hunters age 17 and under who have completed hunter education can take part in free upland game bird hunts next month. In these guided hunts, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and partners release pheasants, giving youth a unique opportunity. Some events include safety presentations, shotgun skills clinics, a[Read More…]
Enhanced Trophy Search With New ‘Records Live 2.0’
One of the coolest things you can do on the Boone and Crockett Club website is be able to search records for the highest-scoring North American big game by state or province. Spanning some 140 years and 39 species categories, the B&C’s Big Game Records 2.0 takes the world’s oldest[Read More…]
Oregon Initiative That Had Little Chance Fails
Three strikes, and let’s hope he’s out. Portland-area activist David Michelson’s third attempt to criminalize hunting, fishing and ranching in Oregon has failed to get enough valid signatures to make the November ballot. Election officials determined that more than 38,000 of the 142,000-plus submitted signatures were invalid. That put him[Read More…]
Wildlife Wisdom Programs Open To The Public
You can see turtles up close, learn how to spot and identify animal tracks and play “survival of the fish-est” by joining the Department of Fish and Wildlife, Jackson County Parks, and Rogue River Watershed Council for Wildlife Wisdom every Saturday now through Aug. 15. The interpretive series is free[Read More…]
Chieftain Football, Girls’ Soccer Team Schedules Ready
Two of Rogue River Jr.-Sr. High’s varsity fall sports teams’ schedules are ready for play this fall. The Chieftain football team will begin its season on Labor Day Weekend, at home against Brookings-Harbor on Fri., Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. That is the Friday of the first week of school[Read More…]
Federal Migratory Bird Stamp Is Now On Sale
Hunters, bird watchers, stamp collectors, and anyone who wants to save wetlands can start purchasing the 2026-2027 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp. Commonly known as the Duck Stamp, the new federal stamps went on sale recently. Those purchasing contribute to vital conservation of wetlands. Since 1934, sales of[Read More…]
Expanded Opportunities For Coastal Salmon
Road warriors who love to chase the hottest wild Chinook and coho bite in the state each fall have a lot to look forward to this year. Wild Chinook retention will be open in 18 coastal basins, with increased bag limits in the Necanicum, Nehalem, Tillamook, Siuslaw, and Umpqua basins.[Read More…]