The Bend Lady Roughriders will host the Pacific Northwest women’s rugby finals and are the only Oregon team to advance to the championship round. Hear about the growing interest in women’s rugby in Bend.
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Sourcecast Video: Spotted Frog Egg Masses Found in Upper Deschutes
Spotted Frog egg masses are being found in the upper Deschutes River. The frog is endangered and some of these egg masses are in jeopardy due to erratic water flows, according some experts. The Source Weekly will have the full story this week. In the meantime view some of the egg masses we spotted along […]
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Sourcecast Video: New Tax Incentives for Food Bank Donations
Senator Ron Wyden discusses new tax incentives he hopes will result in more food donations year-round to food banks in Oregon.
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Sourcecast Video: Building a Tiny House
LaPine builder Randy Yow describes a tiny house he is building.
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Sourcecast Video: Crook County Students Restore Ochoco Creek
Crook County High School in Prineville offers students a unique Natural Resources curriculum. Students not only receive college credit, they participate in hands-on projects helping to restore natural habitat. Here, they participate in restoring natural vegetation to Ochoco Creek which runs through Prineville.
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Sourcecast Video: Magnificent Columbia Gorge Hike
The wildflowers are now in bloom and Catherine Creek near Lyle, Washington is a perfect spring hike of less than two miles. Lyle is within a 20 minute drive of Hood River. If you can’t take the hike, spend a couple of minutes and the Source Weekly will take you there in this video.
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Sourcecast Video: The magnificent Ochoco National Forest
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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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.