Oregon Animals
Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

Rescuing Animals Out of the Ashes

Behind the scenes with Central Oregon’s Pet Evacuation Team, which cared for dozens of pets from the recent fire zones
by Laurel Brauns

As the recent Oregon megafires ripped through the forests and towns east of the Santiam Pass and along the McKenzie River, some frantic evacuees barely escaped with their lives. Many were unprepared to leave immediately, awakened in the middle of the night by emergency response officials ordering them out. Some didn’t have time to prepare […]

Posted inOutside

Our Only Backyard Salamander

Jim Anderson

It’s always a pleasure for me to come out the back (or front), step off the porch and suddenly see a long, slender amphibian with a bright yellow patch on its back, madly scrambling for cover under the porch. If that happens to you some stormy night after a rain, don’t be surprised, for it’s […]

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