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City saves baby raccoon

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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THE DALLES — The Dalles workers saved an orphaned baby raccoon a few days ago, after a local found the tiny animal clinging to its deceased mother.

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Wings on the River: Cooperative nesting

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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The local Vaux’s Swifts are tiny, soot-colored birds that live mostly in the air. They nest in trees and chimneys, sticking three-inch nests of twigs together with saliva. They don’t bother with territories and may build multiple nests in the same tree.

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Wings on the River: Nest-box resources

  • By Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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Epic arguments between a house wren and a big gopher snake once woke me up at dawn, when the reptile tried to snitch eggs from the little wooden nestbox outside my childhood bedroom window.

Native Bees
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Native Bees

  • By Charlie Vanden Heuvel Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association
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Native bees evolved over millions of years ago as indigenous flowering plants came into being. Each species developed a special relationship t…

Varoa destructor mite
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Varoa destructor mite

  • By CHARLIE VANDEN HEUVEL Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association
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The Varroa destructor mite is the number one killer of honey bees. It first infected Asian Honey Bees (Apis cerana) hundreds of years ago. As …

Obituary: Edward Gunderson
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Obituary: Edward Gunderson

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Edward Reed Gunderson (aka “Uncle Blasto”), age 68, passed away on March 30, 2026, at Timber Pointe Senior Living in Springfield, Oregon. Edwa…

History Mystery: April 8, 2026
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History Mystery: April 8, 2026

  • Martin Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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Last week’s image, according to reader Courtney Kaiser, showed a contest held for the World Champion fastest earthworm March 1986, in Petersburg School. This contest, the only one of its kind he knows of, happened every year for the six years Kaiser taught there.