Oaks feed everyone, through wildfire and drought. Birds and moths depend on them like humans depend on groceries, housing, and social services.
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More than 320 species of plants and animals living in Oregon are in need of greater protection, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife, up from 294 about a decade ago, the last time the agency updated its State Wildlife Action Plan. The 2026 plan, adopted by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Commission […]
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THE GORGE — Pawsitivity Cat Rescue is calling on the community for help after saving more than 45 cats from a severe hoarding situation in the Gorge.
HOOD RIVER — Daphne Johnson is proud to be one of a handful of women who own veterinary practices. Johnson and business partner Michelle Morelos are co-owners of Arrowleaf Veterinary, located at 2920 Cascade Ave., Suite 103. The practice opened in 2021 and recently celebrated its four-year anniversary.
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Thirty years after wolves were brought back from near extinction in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the state of Idaho is back in the wolf-killing business.  Based on direction from the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game is working to reduce the state’s wolf population by more than 60% […]
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Idaho rancher Jay Smith has a wolf problem. Over the last 20 years, Smith said wolves have killed more than 200 of his cattle and caused major financial harm to his family’s business.  “At today’s value at nearly $2,000 a head, times that by 200 and see if we could have invested that money […]
I quite like House Sparrows, invasive colonizers though they are. They’re friendly: comic relief from a loaded world of human interactions. They come in about fifty shades of brown, the males with rich black bibs.
THE GORGE — White Salmon police officers responded to a small bear standing on Jewett Boulevard May 30, apparently unafraid of the passing veh…
