Conservation News

Status Update on South-Central Mule Deer Habitat Use Modeling: Wednesday, February 8 from 1000-1200, Pendleton Conference Center
January 26, 2017

Research staff from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will provide a brief update on results from winter habitat use models in south-central Oregon.  Additionally, staff will present…Click for More

Status Update on Blue Mountains Elk Modeling: Wednesday, February 8 from 0800-1000, Pendleton Conference Center
January 26, 2017

Starkey research staff from the PNW Research Station, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and National Council of Air and Stream Improvement will provide an update on the status…Click for More

Are you interested in learning more about collaborative conservation in Oregon and beyond?
January 21, 2017

Join us for this three-day meeting, including a full-day seminar with three special sessions on Conservation Collaboration:

1) The Power of Partnerships: Examples of effective collaboration between agency, NGO, Tribal Nations,…Click for More

California Condor Reintroduction Planned for Redwood National Park! Public meetings to receive input on the California Condor Restoration Plan/Environmental Assessment scheduled in Oregon.
January 20, 2017

News Release
January 19, 2017
California Condor Reintroduction Planned for Redwood National Park
The National Park Service (NPS), the Yurok Tribe (tribe), and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) will be…Click for More

ORTWS and ORAFS joint Marine Preserves position statement.
October 1, 2016

On September 26th ORTWS and ORAFS finalized a joint position statement in support of Oregon’s Marine Reserves. Oregon’s Marine Reserves support the conservation of nearshore marine species, support the…Click for More

The new Oregon Conservation Strategy just released!!
September 7, 2016

For more information visit http://www.oregonconservationstrategy.org/

Vaux’s Swift migration monitoring opportunity for citizen scientists!
September 7, 2016

Vaux’s Swifts are migrating south now and diving into chimneys at dusk in large groups throughout Oregon. Audubon has a website and citizen science program to monitor the western…Click for More

HR 5650 Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
August 10, 2016

Following the recent recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustaining America’s Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources,…Click for More

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 5650 would dedicate $1.3 billon to state conservation programs
August 10, 2016

Following the recent recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Panel on Sustaining America’s Diverse Fish and Wildlife Resources, Congressman Don Young (R-AL) and Congresswomen Debbie Dingell (D-MI) have introduced the…Click for More

The Wildlife Society provided testimony on the need for improved management of wild horses and burros on public land
June 10, 2016

John Goodell, Vice-president elect of the Oregon Chapter of TWS, represented the national and state chapter of The Wildlife Society at the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting in…Click for More