The U.S. Forest Service is nearing a decision to build a 130 mile trail for off highway vehicles in the Ochoco National Forest. The proposal is being met with much opposition from conservation groups who fear habitat damage such as illegal mud bogging by OHV’s. Watch our short video tour of the Ochocos.
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Sourcecast Audio: Ochoco Controversy – Proposed OHV trail
The US Forest Service is nearing a decision to build a 130-mile off highway vehicle trail system in the Ochoco National Forest. The proposal has been met with much controversy and opposition by conservation groups worried about habitat damage. Below are pictures from McKay Creek where OHV’s have done much riparian damage to habitat. In […]
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Sourcecast Audio: Wilderness Controversy – Should bikes be allowed?
A proposal by the Sustainable Trails Coalition would allow bikes in some wilderness areas. Oregon Wild’s Erik Fernandez says allowing mountain bikes in wilderness areas should never be allowed. The former owner of Cog Wild Mountain Bike Tours Woody Starr says in some cases there might be merit to the proposal. Hear their comments in this […]
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Crossroads in the Ochoco National Forest
The Ochoco Summit Trail proposal
Few things stir more controversy than proposing a new trail system for off-highway vehicle (OHV) travel in a national forest. The proposed 130-mile Summit Trail in the 850,000-acre Ochoco National Forest, an hour’s drive east of Bend, is one such proposal that has met mixed response. The arguments for and against the proposed trail for […]
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Mountain Bikers Seek Changes to 1964 Wilderness Act
Conservationists fear too much is at stake
Thus far, 2016 has been a controversial year for federal public lands, especially in Oregon where the federal government manages more than 50 percent of the state’s geographic area. First, there was the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns. Then, Malheur County residents overwhelmingly voted against creating a possible National […]
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Go Here 4/6-4/13
Oregon’s Spectacular Desert On April 26, the Oregon Natural Desert Association presents its final event in the High Desert Speakers Series in Bend with a discussion of many of the high desert’s most spectacular places. ONDA’s Gena Goodman-Campbell will team up with the Great Old Broads for Wilderness for this 90-minute discussion at Bend’s Old […]
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Oregon kills four wolves in Wallowa County
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirms it has used lethal force to remove four wolves in northeast Oregon from further livestock depredation. The four wolves have regularly used an area of private land on the westernmost portion of their known home range in Wallowa County. “Unfortunately members of the Imnaha pack are once […]
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Crook County students restore Steelhead habitat
Crook County Schools offer unique programs connecting youth to the outdoors and natural resources. Check this video of students helping restore Steelhead fishery habitat.
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Sourcecast Audio: Central Oregon Climate Change Impacts
Climate change researchers, Dr. David Peterson, who shares in the Nobel prize, and Dr. Jessica Halofsky discuss their continuing research on climate change impacts in Central Oregon.
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Chasing the Snowpack
Climate change will make Central Oregon drier
Findings of climate research being done by the U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station may eventually change the way Central Oregonians recreate. For two years, the research station has worked with resource managers in the Deschutes, Ochoco, and Fremont-Winema National Forests to study climate change affects on water, fish, vegetation, wildlife, and recreation on […]
