/tags/wilderness wilderness en-US Copyright Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:46:25 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-03/gov-kotek-makes-final-plea-to-biden-to-make-owyhee-canyonlands-a-national-monument In a recent letter, Kotek asked Biden to protect “Oregon’s Grand Canyon” and a stretch of the Owyhee River in the southeast of the state. Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:46:25 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-12-03/gov-kotek-makes-final-plea-to-biden-to-make-owyhee-canyonlands-a-national-monument Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-24/potential-for-protecting-owyhee-canyonlands-takes-urgency-in-final-months-of-biden-administration More than a million acres of wildlands in Eastern Oregon could be preserved through federal legislation or a monument declaration from the president. This could be the last chance for the Owyhee Canyonlands to see additional protections for years. Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:25:22 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-11-24/potential-for-protecting-owyhee-canyonlands-takes-urgency-in-final-months-of-biden-administration April Ehrlich /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-07-14/wyden-merkley-make-third-attempt-to-protect-the-grand-canyon-of-oregon More than 1 million acres of what’s often called “Oregon’s Grand Canyon” could be protected from wildfire and degradation if the state’s two U.S. senators can convince their peers in Congress to approve a new wilderness area. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 13:39:34 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-07-14/wyden-merkley-make-third-attempt-to-protect-the-grand-canyon-of-oregon Alex Baumhardt /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-03-27/for-these-interns-working-in-oregon-wilderness-pays-in-money-and-breathtaking-views Wilderness Conservation Corps internships offer young people the chance to transform trails and themselves while earning some money for college. Sun, 27 Mar 2022 11:33:45 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-03-27/for-these-interns-working-in-oregon-wilderness-pays-in-money-and-breathtaking-views Ian McCluskey /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2021-10-18/how-wilderness-permits-changed-the-central-oregon-wilderness-experience 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. Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:23:40 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2021-10-18/how-wilderness-permits-changed-the-central-oregon-wilderness-experience Bradley W. Parks /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2021-09-23/crowds-are-smaller-but-no-shows-have-plagued-oregon-wilderness-permit-system More than half the people who bought Central Cascades Wilderness Permits before the season started never showed up to hike. Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:55:40 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2021-09-23/crowds-are-smaller-but-no-shows-have-plagued-oregon-wilderness-permit-system Bradley W. Parks /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2021-05-30/permits-may-cut-crowds-and-fuel-demand-in-central-oregon-wildernesses Limiting entry to popular Central Oregon trails could ease the harmful effects of overcrowding, but exclusivity — real or perceived — may only make these natural wonders more desirable. Sun, 30 May 2021 19:50:53 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2021-05-30/permits-may-cut-crowds-and-fuel-demand-in-central-oregon-wildernesses Bradley W. Parks /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-10/observations-of-a-ranger-in-the-trinity-alps Spend enough time in one place outdoors, and you're bound to see a few things happen. So it was for Ronin Demele, who spent 25 years working as a… Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:24:12 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-03-10/observations-of-a-ranger-in-the-trinity-alps The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-12-16/comment-period-closes-on-roadless-rule-revision Federal forest land that is not wilderness may still be protected under the "roadless rule" put on the books in 2001. Now the federal government, at the… Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-12-16/comment-period-closes-on-roadless-rule-revision The ɫèapp Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-03-15/the-many-parts-of-oregon-protected-by-new-federal-law The name might provide an ominous tone, but "Devil's Staircase" makes people in Oregon happy. The stairstep-like water feature in the Coast Range is now… Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:31:36 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-03-15/the-many-parts-of-oregon-protected-by-new-federal-law The ɫèapp Team