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The word "wilderness" derives from the notion of wildness and wild places - areas that are not controlled by humans.
May 22, 2024
By Chandra LeGue Waldo Lake and the forests and trails all around it is one of my “happy places.” Every summer, I love to paddle and swim in the clear, deep blue water and pick huckleberries for camp breakfast. I’ve hiked through the young forest on the north side of the lake, recovering slowly from […]
November 16, 2023
By Helena Virga Wildfires can destroy homes and induce fear, however they are vital for our forest ecosystems. Fire recycles nutrients back into the soil, provides habitat for insects and animals, and has many tree species that rely on it like lodgepole pines and oaks. Mature and old-growth forests are the most resistant to fires, […]
July 12, 2023
“Sea otters have been around for more than a million years.” This is Bob Bailey, Board President of the Elakah Alliance, an organization working to restore sea otters to the Oregon coast. You’ve probably seen pictures of sea otters – furry, adorable creatures that live in the ocean and hold hands. They group together in these […]
June 10, 2022
Victorian playwright Christopher Marlowe famously wrote that Helen of Troy was “the face that launched a thousand ships” and led to the epic Trojan Wars. John Webber could perhaps rightfully claim credit for having drawn a face that also inflamed the passions of men, and launched a new enterprise into the wilds off the Pacific […]
Up until the early 1970s, the exploitation and degradation of the environment was a societal norm in the United States. However, attitudes began to shift, catalyzed in part by the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland –which from 1968 to 1969, caught fire 13 times— and the recognition of the American public that many species, including the iconic […]
Scientists, tribes, community leaders and other experts seem to think that opportunity is closer than we realize. Bailey “Our organization is called the Elakha Alliance. Elakha is the Clatsop Indian, Chinook Indian word for sea otter.” This is Bob Bailey again. He’s been working with other stakeholders to continue the legacy of David Hatch. Hatch founded […]
Located on the Medford District of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the Zane Grey roadless area is about 25 miles northwest of Grants Pass. This pristine area lies on the edge of the designated Wild and Scenic Rogue River for approximately 26 miles and is adjacent to the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area to the […]
May 31, 2022
Mount Hood and the Columbia Gorge symbolize the natural beauty of Oregon, yet much of these amazing landscapes remain unprotected. The mountain’s high-elevation snowfields have received Wilderness designation, but the more biologically diverse lower flanks and surrounding ridges remain unprotected. Through cutting-edge technology and the efforts of more than 500 volunteers, Oregon Wild has identified […]
May 31, 2021
Establishing a trail connection between Bend and Sunriver is an exciting and complex concept. There are a variety of options for how this could be done, each with advantages and disadvantages. Currently you can already hike or bike the whole route, with some parts of the route on dirt roads. Other new alternatives include linking trails that the Forest Service […]
July 15, 2020
The Deschutes River is one of Oregon’s most revered waterways, known for world class hiking, fishing, rafting, wildlife and more. Thanks to groups like Oregon Wild, who have worked tirelessly to protect the Deschutes, certain segments of the river are protected under State Scenic Waterway and Federal Wild and Scenic River designations. However, the Deschutes still faces many long […]
Oregon is famous for its iconic rivers and we have a duty to protect them. The Wilderness Act (1964) and National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (1968) are two of the nation’s best-known conservation acts at the federal level. At the state level, the Oregon State Scenic Waterways Act similarly protects the clean drinking water, […]
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