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Zoos rally to protect endangered condors from deadly bird flu: Oregon, L.A., San Diego zoos aid U.S. Fish & Wildlife in historic vaccine trial
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Zoos rally to protect endangered condors from deadly bird flu: Oregon, L.A., San Diego zoos aid U.S. Fish & Wildlife in historic vaccine trial

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PORTLAND, Ore. — An emergency vaccine could help protect California condors against a virus that killed more than 20 of the endangered birds last spring. Early results released today from a historic clinical trial offer hope: 60% of condors receiving the vaccine produced measurable antibodies, which should provide some protection against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI).

New genealogical database arrives at Columbia Gorge Discovery Center
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New genealogical database arrives at Columbia Gorge Discovery Center

  • By Flora Gibson Columbia Gorge News
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A searchable database of immigrants’ names, scratched or painted on rocks along the Oregon Trail, arrived at Columbia Gorge Discovery Center and Museum on Aug. 28. The collection is donated by photographer Jim Henderson, who spent years along the Trail photographing rocks with cross-pollarized light to reveal many hidden names.

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Bingen roundabout project delayed

  • By Jacob Bertram, Columbia Gorge News
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Potential changes in design schemas, as well as staffing turnovers have caused unexpected delays in the state-led East of Bingen Port of Klick…