As we have seen time and time again, elections have consequences. That’s why it’s critical that each and every one of us votes on November 6th. For all things wild and for all wild places, it’s imperative we ensure our elected officials represent the public’s conservation values. Thanks for the reading our public service announcement. 

Now back to your regularly scheduled wolf pack update. 

Protected Wilderness Areas on our public lands are the places Americans can go to find freedom, solitude, and wild areas where nature still rules.  Unfortunately, to get a new Wilderness we have to go through Congress. And the current regime in Washington DC seems more interested in abusing and recklessly exploiting our public lands than protecting them.

Every summer when I was a kid, my parents would pile me, my older sister, and my younger brother into the back of our Ford passenger van at five in the morning. We would dutifully sleep for most of the four hour drive to my grandparents’ home along a tributary of the Rogue River.

We simply called our summer escape “Trail,” after the tiny town up the road.

Celebrate Oregon's wildlands and wildlife!

It’s almost that time of the year again, Oregon Wild’s annual Call of the Wild benefit! Please join us on October 12th in Portland for our camping-inspired event. It’s because of members and supporters like you that we can do this critical work of protecting our state’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters.

We're Back!

The Oregon Wild Wolf Pack Newsletter is back! Thank you for your patience while we got our new email system up and running. There may be a few kinks along the way, so if you happen to come across any challenges with our messages, please let us know. 

Bombus occidentalis is not your typical bee. For starters, unlike the many buzzing pollinators I observe in my organic yard or on the wildflowers lining the many trails I've hiked over the past year, I've never seen a Western bumblebee. And, while many of our native pollinators are in decline for a variety of reasons, this Bombus is especially rare.

As a recap--in February, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to uplist the murrelet to ‘endangered’ under the state Endangered Species Act, then without any public notice, in June reversed their previous decision.