Gov. Kotek declares state of emergency due to flooding in Harney Co.
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek declared a state of emergency over the weekend due to severe flooding in Harney County.Flooding ...
Oregon expands its map of critical fish habitat throughout the state
The Oregon Department of State Lands keeps a map of the vital waterways where the state's most iconic and vulnerable fish ...
Exploring Oregon's trails: Retracing the steps of Lewis and Clark
One of Lewis and Clark’s prime directives was to catalogue and observe the plants and animals they encountered,” said Cole. “And be thinking about what might be valued ec ...
Portlanders hold vigil for Dane Paulsen, other missing and murdered Indigenous kids
A Native American-led organization held a vigil in southeast Portland on Saturday to honor and grieve missing and murdered ...
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Oregon lawmakers consider more funding for free tax preparation program
Current grantees include Oregon State University, Oregon Legal Aid Services, tribes and nonprofits that serve immigrants and farmworkers. Most are staffed with volunteers and interns and offer ...
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The Salmon Are Thriving. So Are Many of the People. Why Would Anyone Shut This Down?
Two species of suckers are sacred to the Klamath Tribes of Oregon, the predominant upper basin tribe that is an agglomeration of three separate tribes required by the federal government in 1864 ...
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Oregon bill takes aim at ‘epidemic of violence’ around missing and murdered Indigenous people
The Oregon Health Authority, the state’s health agency, would be tasked with the response, with Sanchez saying that it already has an existing prevention-model system used in public health crises and ...
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Pressure builds on Army Corps to produce years-late reports on Willamette River Basin dams
Last June, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates a series of dams in Oregon's Willamette River ... a council member for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The overdue reports ...
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Tribes and Students Sue Trump Administration Over Firings at Native Schools
By Rachel Nostrant A group of Native American tribes and students is suing the Trump administration to reverse its recent firing of federal workers at Native schools that they said has severely ...
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The LandBack Movement: Native Nations and the Restoration of Ancestral Lands
David Helvarg, A River’s Rebirth: Klamath Dam Removals Offer New Life for Salmon as well as California and Oregon Tribes, 25 Am. Indian 1 (2024). In 2022, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ...
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An anti-wolf group’s map indicates Colorado is unfit for the animals. It’s full of inaccuracies.
wrote on the map, but “there is more land that cannot be considered suitable than can.” Wolf reintroduction began after Coloradans voted for it 51% to 49% in 2020. Ten wolves captured in Oregon were ...
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As tariffs take hold, here’s a summary of Oregon’s biggest imports and exports
Oregon imported more than $28 billion worth of goods from other countries last year, mainly from Japan and Taiwan, as well as from two of the countries affected by the tariffs: Canada and China.