A wolverine was photographed by a trail camera on April 2, 2011 after being attracted to a camera site baited with a road-killed deer. Audrey Magoun photo.
They look like a couple of teenaged delinquents caught on security cameras.
But these new photos from ODFW are adding to a small pile of evidence that wolverines are back in Oregon and might be here to stay.
6:40 p.m. update:
Environmental groups are throwing a victory party Thursday evening at Bark’s offices on SE Grand. Click here for details.
Earlier:
The coalition working to stop the Palomar natural gas pipeline is thrilled over today’s news, first reported right here on Natural Oregon.
The hotly contested Palomar Natural Gas Pipeline is dead.
Today, the Palomar Gas Transmission company filed papers with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to withdraw the project. But at the same time, Palomar says it’s exploring options for a new pipeline in the future.
How serious are they about developing a new pipeline? How long will it take? Big questions with no easy answers. At least not today.
One of the wolves of the Imnaha pack in Wallowa County has died.
ODFW says it found the year old female yesterday – thanks to the signal from her radio collar. The collar sends out a special alert when it doesn’t move for four hours or more, and that’s when the agency suspected something might be wrong.
ODFW has a new web page where you can read up on the three new proposed marine reserves.
Marine reserves are like state parks in the ocean. They are areas set aside for conservation, research and recreation. But activities like fishing and crabbing aren’t allowed.
So far we have two reserves along the coast at Otter Rock and Redfish Rocks. Now state officials are considering three more at Cape Perpetua near Florence, Cascade Head near Lincoln City and Cape Falcon near Manzanita.
Cottonwood Canyon State Park, which opens in 2013, will be paid for by lottery funds. Photo from Oregon Parks and Recreation.
Coming to you in November, a ballot measure that will protect a major source of money for Oregon state parks, river restoration and wildlife habitat.
Known as the Water, Parks and Wildlife measure, it was certified today for the ballot by the Secretary of State’s office.
The Oregon Sierra Club has a lot to celebrate this year. The death of Bradwood Landing LNG for starters. Then there’s the almost certain early closure of the state’s only coal-fired power plant near Boardman.
So Saturday’s annual Shindig should be a happy event. Even Mother Nature seems to be celebrating by turning down the heat and providing some almost perfect Oregon summer weather.
One of the biggest environmental ballot measures in Oregon history is in good shape for this fall.
Supporters of the Water, Parks and Wildlife measure say they turned almost 200,000 signatures today to the Secretary of State’s office. They only needed 110,000 names to earn a spot on the November ballot.
Phantom Hill Wolf, Wood River Valley, Idaho. Photo by Randy Flood.
With the debate over wolves in Oregon heating up, the timing couldn’t be better.
The documentary, Lords of Nature, has a showing Monday night at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
A newly formed Facebook group is organizing a protest and boycott against BP – which now holds the title as “World’s Most Infamous Corporation.”
