Recent reporting tells us that Sen. Ron Wyden believes the Owyhee Canyonlands will win legal protection this year. After decades of negotiation, legislative attempts and advocacy - from Indigenous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch Tuff, which is rhyolite ash that erupted 15.5 ...

Kotek wants the Biden administration to designate the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon a national monument if Congress won’t vote to protect it Undated photo of the Owyhee Canyonlands in ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Gov. Tina Kotek just made one last plea to President Joe Biden to protect a stunning stretch of the state known as “Oregon’s Grand Canyon” before he leaves office. Kotek wrote to ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On July 23, Rep. Cliff Bentz, who represents Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, successfully added an amendment to an Interior Department appropriations bill for the 2025 ...

OREGON, USA — Two of Oregon's federal lawmakers released a bipartisan statement on committing to working toward a solution to preserve the Owyhee Canyonlands in far eastern Oregon next year. On ...

On the second day of spring break, students are escaping campus, and the Ducks are no different after escaping a narrow victory over the Northwestern... Two of the three facets of softball proved ...

The U.S. Senate’s passage of the Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness bill leaves advocates optimistic that protections can be enacted in 2025. The Senate by unanimous consent Dec. 20 passed a bill ...

Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands might be defined by its remoteness, but what truly sets this eastern Oregon wilderness apart is its otherworldly beauty and surprising diversity of recreational ...

Legislation to protect southeast Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands failed to make the year-end spending bill in Congress, but Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, said he remains committed to finding a path forward in ...

Dr. Julie Weikel, a retired large animal veterinarian, has been fighting to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in Southeastern Oregon for a long time. How long? “My daughter’s name is Owyhee, and she’s 43 ...