Wildlife gets a focus in Oregon's long legislative session

For years, both the beaver and the wolf have been hot topics amongst landowners, ranchers, forest managers, and conservationists as both have endured attempts to eradicate or greatly diminish their existence from private lands for decades, but those tides are shifting as perspectives are expanding on wild spaces being for all life—not just human life—and how some wildlife species could actually help us.

Wildlife, Wolves, WaterKlamath SiskiyouApril 30, 2025wildlife conservation, wildlife management, wildlife, us fish and wildlife, oregon department of fish and wildlife, beavers, beaver believer, beaver, beaver bill, wolf, gray wolf, legislation, legisl

A year in the life of a western pond turtle

POV: You’re a western pond turtle! Follow a year in the life of a WPT—in all of its adventures and struggles!

Campaign, Forests, WildlifeKlamath SiskiyouFebruary 24, 2025wildlife conservation, wildlife, western pond turtle, turtle, endangered species, endangered species act, endangered species list, forestwatch, forest watch, wildlife management, top story

Barred owls may doom old-growth ecosystems

Serious barred owl encroachment on northern spotted owl habitat has led the US Fish and Wildlife Service to propose a management plan to right the dynamic. Read more about the need for the plan and what the implications could be if the situation is not addressed.

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