At the Fernhill Wetlands along the Pacific Flyway in suburban Forest Grove, Oregon, dedicated birders have documented more than 240 avian species. Uncommon birds like the American bittern and Virginia ...

Andrew Bednarchik hops over a muddy patch while strolling past the new culvert installed to create a wetlands next to the Deschutes River near Bend Ore. Three culverts installed by the Tumalo ...

A farmer in southern Oregon transformed 70 acres of his 400-acre barley farm into a wetland in 2021, creating an unexpected refuge for wildlife while helping address agricultural water pollution. Karl ...

Developers would be able to build in wetlands more cheaply and quickly if three bills in the Oregon Legislature are approved. The legislation would reduce the amount of wetland mitigation required in ...

The results were extraordinary. What had once been one of America's rarest freshwater fish gradually expanded into a thriving species. The Oregon chub population increased from fewer than 1,000 ...

An inventory of Oregon’s wetlands is intended as an early warning system to prevent regulatory conflicts, but some lawmakers worry it effectively expands government jurisdiction over farmland. The ...

Janet Morlan has enjoyed exploring wetlands since she was a kid. She still likes to romp in low, muddy places with her dog, her favorite spot being the Jackson-Frazier Wetland at the north edge of ...

Oregon's Siletz Bay is undergoing a major wetland restoration effort this summer, with crews working to bring back natural tidal flows to land that was dramatically altered by more than a century of ...

Jesse Bounds runs a straw-compressing facility in Junction City that state regulators claim was rebuilt on a wetland after a fire. SALEM — While bringing a hay exporter one step closer to rebuilding ...

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