Owl vs. owl: Should humans intervene to save a species?
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — As he stood amid the thick old-growth forests in the coastal range of Oregon, Dave Wiens was nervous. Before he trained...
In Pacific Northwest, federal owl-killing experiment raises thorny questions VIEW
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — As he stood amid the thick old-growth forests in the coastal range of Oregon, Dave Wiens was nervous. Before he trained...
Senate passes bill making it easier to kill sea lions in the Columbia River
The bill would streamline the process for Washington, Idaho, Oregon and several Pacific Northwest Native American tribes to capture and euthanize potentially hundreds of sea...
Washington tribes warn Canadian officials Trans Mountain pipeline will harm orcas
The contentious Trans Mountain project would nearly triple the flow of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the Pacific Coast and increase tanker traffic...
American's life of adventure, religion ends on a remote island in India
John Allen Chau, 26, was from southwestern Washington state but had worked and traveled all over, from the Cascade Mountains to South Africa. A friend...
Young climate activists say their lawsuit should go to trial
The trial had been set to start Oct. 29 in federal court in Eugene, Oregon. The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the trial Friday until...
Scientists to sequence genes of struggling southern-resident orca whales
Scientists said the information could help explain, for example, whether internal factors such as inbreeding or genetic variation in immune systems are preventing the whales...