More help is on the way to farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin.
The Agriculture Department has designated Klamath County as a “primary natural disaster area” because of drought conditions.
More help is on the way to farmers and ranchers in the Klamath Basin.
The Agriculture Department has designated Klamath County as a “primary natural disaster area” because of drought conditions.
Canada goslings in Salem. Photo from ODFW.
They’re cute as can be, and it may be fun, but ODFW says it really is a bad idea for people to feed ducks and geese.
For starters, feeding them stuff like bread, popcorn, french fries and other people food is just plain unhealthy for wild birds. It can lead to malnutrition and starvation.
The Copco 1 Dam on the Klamath River. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife.
When government and tribal leaders gathered in Salem earlier this year to sign the Klamath basin agreements, the talk was all about dam removal. ”Hasta la vista to the dams,” said California’s Governor Schwarzenegger.
But what Schwarzenegger, Governor Kulongoski and the others glossed over is that there is no agreement to remove dams on the Klamath River. There’s only an agreement to study the issue. A decision is a couple of years away.
And now we’re seeing what could be the first attempt to take advantage of that loophole.
Wildlife officials say they’re spotting plenty of Orcas this spring along the Oregon coast. They tell the Beach Connection website that they’re seeing the orcas earlier than usual, and in larger than normal numbers. A researcher at the Hatfield Marine Science Center says the orcas are hunting the calves of gray whales migrating through the area.
Beach Connection: Killer Whales Show Up Early on Central Oregon Coast
A new report from the EPA looks at how Climate Change is affecting the United States. Since 1990 we live in a country that’s warmer, with more heat waves and hurricanes. Sea levels are rising and glaciers are melting.
Russ Morgan, ODFW wolf coordinator, with a 97-pound male wolf collared Feb. 12th. Photo from ODFW.
Environmentalists return to court in June to argue that the Rocky Mountain gray wolf deserves to be put back on the Endangered Species List. This includes wolves in Oregon.
U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy has scheduled a hearing for June 15 in Missoula, Montana.
Columbia River Sockeye Salmon. Courtesy WDFW.
The Obama Administration is walking away from what could have become the first big salmon fight of 2010.
NOAA Fisheries is dropping plans to cut off spring time spills at four dams on the Lower Snake River.
After three years of depressing news, there’s finally enough salmon to allow for fishing everywhere on the West Coast this summer.
Columbia River Sockeye Salmon. Courtesy WDFW.
In any other part of the country, the idea might sound too crazy to be true.
The feds want changes in how they help young salmon in the Columbia River Basin migrate to the Pacific Ocean this summer. Instead of making sure there’s enough water to help salmon swim past dams, the feds propose rounding them up, putting the fish on barges, and shipping them down river.
Several environmental groups say they’re going to court, to make sure the Pacific Fisher gets the protection it deserves.
Photo from National Park Service.Several environmental groups say they're going to court, to make sure the Pacific Fisher gets the protection it deserves.
