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Find color in one of the least-visited treasures of Oregon

Celebrate Earth Day, public lands protections at five Central Oregon hiking destinations.

The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments for three new proposed research projects focused on developing better, longer-lasting fertility control methods for managing and protecting wil...

松花湖沿岸变“鸟的天堂”：苍鹭群筑巢而居 见证生态变迁 　　钟云龙是吉林省桦甸市常山镇新兴村村民。从他记事起，苍鹭便常飞过自家小院。“这些年，苍鹭明显比原来多了，一早一晚外出捕食时总会飞过我家小院。”钟云龙的家距离苍鹭栖息地仅5公里左右。 　　松花湖位于吉林省吉林市境内的松花江上，系1937年拦截松花江水，建设丰满水电站时形成的人工湖。 　　�...

Any excuse for a road trip to Fossil is good, but this one might get you to pack the car. Would you believe that the dry desert canyonlands near that Eastern Oregon outpost have a mountain trail with dense forests, alpine wildflowers and patches of snow in May? Because Madison Butte is so remote and so improbable, it was one of the few trails in Oregon I had never hiked. Of course I wanted to go. Janell and I loved the place, partly because the road trip there allowed us to relive one of our e...