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Help Save the Bull Flat Wildlife Area
The Upper Tumalo Reservoir is a beautiful natural area west of the rural community of Tumalo. Here, the sagebrush and juniper spotted high desert landscape gives way to the green foothills of the Cascades.
The Upper Tumalo Reservoir is a beautiful natural area west of the rural community of Tumalo. Here, the sagebrush and juniper spotted high desert landscape gives way to the green foothills of the Cascades.
Letter: Watch out for deer and elk
For generations mule deer have come to Bend and surroundings this time of year to birth their young and to raise them for six months, until they are ready to travel the hundred miles or so to their wintering grounds east of here. Little do they know this is no longer safe for them.
Action Alert: Protect the Ochoco Forest!
The Forest Service has proposed to build more than one hundred miles of motorized trails, covering approximately 165,000 acres in the Ochoco National Forest at a cost of $1.2 million.
Settlement Reached on Tree Farm LUBA Appeal
Building on momentum from community urban growth boundary discussions, Central Oregon LandWatch and The Tree Farm LLC successfully reached a settlement agreement on a proposed development west of Bend.
Snowmobile Clubs Do $200,000 in Damage to Deschutes Trails
PB reported on the destruction of trails west and south of Bend by volunteer snowmobiling clubs.
A Day in the Life of a Whychus Fir
Thirty years ago, when Paul was living at this very ranch, he heard about a proposal to pipe Whychus Creek and clear-cut its banks.
Sign the Petition to Protect Deer & Elk Habitat
We see deer in Bend because we've built in their natural habitat, not because there is an abundance of them. Their numbers are in decline.
Future of Skyline Forest Uncertain After Sale
The recent sale of the Skyline Forest, the foothills of our Three Sisters Mountains, might mean its new owners will partition and develop the area.
Mule Deer Populations are on the decline
Mule deer populations are declining across the West. In Central Oregon this decline has been attributed, in large part, to habitat loss due to human developments.