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As they migrate, more Oregon geese are getting sick and dying opb.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from opb.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Struggling salmon fishermen getting federal help in Oregon and along West Coast, but it may be too late opb.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from opb.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Billions spent on hatcheries, habitat fails to help native Columbia River salmon, study finds opb.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from opb.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. A $32 million dollar project will soon be underway in Klamath Falls. Six bridges are getting retrofitted, one will be entirely replaced over the next four years, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. ODOT Community Affairs Coordinator, Rick Swart, says the project will begin sometime this year. Swart says the project is part of a seismic resiliency plan created by the state. It’s being funded by the federal government. Swart says the state has identified the bridges as the most vulnerable if a magnitude 8.0 or greater earthquake occurs. “Some researchers have characterized this as the worst of possible natural disasters that Oregon could face, so it’s important,” Swart said. ....
Wallowa County landowners battle an invasion: junipers, April 1, 2020 ENTERPRISE â At first glance, they look like ordinary evergreen trees: a little short, a little rotund, but harmless enough. But junipers are opportunists of the highest order, gobbling up some of Wallowa Countyâs grassland and water resources at a fierce rate. Now, thanks to the teamwork of range conservationist J. Johansen and 6 Ranch owner Liza Jane McAlister, the Natural Resources Conservation Service is dedicating more than $1.8 million to help landowners remove these native, but invasive, trees from 4,500 acres of Wallowa Countyâs private lands. The work got started this week. The 6 Ranch, just west of Enterprise, will be among the first landowners to take advantage of the new NRCS Ecological Function Restoration juniper treatment program. ....