NE Oregon

On Tuesday, August 2nd, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to the Kamela area of Umatilla County, after a six-month old, 425 pound calf had been discovered with a host of injuries and bite marks.  The producer said the calf was discovered in a 7,500-acre private-land forested pasture. Investigat...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists shot a yearling male wolf from the Chesnimnus Pack early Friday evening. The operation took place from the ground. With the taking of this second wolf, the active kill permit that allowed the lethal removal of two wolves from the Chesnimnus Pack due to chronic depredation is no longer active ...

Due to the continued significant risk of wolves to livestock in the Wallowa County area, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has extended a kill permit. That permit for the Chesnimnus Pack was set to expire May 24th. This extension means the permit will now be valid until June 14th ...

The snowpack is very thin across Oregon. In fact, the numbers are so low that Scott Oviatt with NRCS-Oregon calls it concerning. At this point, the only region Oviatt said is not concerning is the northern Cascades area, including the Willamette and the Hood, Sandy-Lower Deschutes basins, which are both well above average for this time of year ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildfire investigators say they know wolves are responsible for several attacks reported in Umatilla County last week, they just don’t know which pack. Investigators were called to the Ukiah Valley area Saturday, after a rancher found one dead and six injured calves on 200 acres of private pastureland. Two ...

The first frost of the 2020 growing season is behind scheduled, a fact about which many won’t complain. Marilyn Lohmann with the National Weather Service said in a typical year, areas such as Yakima and Pullman would have already recorded overnight lows below 32 degrees. For ...

Oregon's new FFA Vice President Jenna Wallace talks about her childhood on the farm continues to impact her to this day. If you have a story idea for the Washington Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekradio... Read More ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says two Wallowa County calves were attacked by wolves from the same pack. Investigators were called to the private property rangeland Wednesday morning, where two calves were found with injuries to their legs ...

The statewide snowpack for Oregon is good shape, for mid-April, but the initial numbers don’t tell the whole story. Scott Oviatt with NRCS said statewide, Oregon is at 100% of average, on par with where it should be for this time of year. How ...

The 2018-19 snow season for the northwest is starting to come to a close.  And while much of the year was dry, the snowpack for Oregon is ending the year solid, leading to above average snowpacks for much of the Beaver State.  NRCS Oregon’s Scott Oviatt.   “When ...