...while playing with China could be an economic boon to some in the state, the benefits may not translate to individual farmers. It could also damage U.S. agriculture, food security, and the environment as well. Tove Danovich takepart China Is…
The investigation has pulled in Oregon State Police as well as the U.S. Forest Service because the cattle were grazing on a federal allotment in the Malheur National Forest. Diana Kruzman The Oregonian Mysterious Oregon cattle killings, mutilations alarm ranchers…
"This is nothing more than a feel-good bill for my urban colleagues," said Senate Republican Leader Herman Baertschiger, R-Grants Pass. "They have no idea what it is like to try to live on the land." Samantha Hawkins Statesman-Journal A bill to prohibit…
Thirty Volunteers armed to the teeth patrol the hundreds of thousands of acres of ranchland near this city of nearly 5,000. And they are expecting an influx of smugglers this weekend...“We always have big traffic at Easter,” he said. “It’s…
As a result of the recent Coal Hollow and the Pole Creek fires we have discovered 62 individual burned and dead cattle. We have another 85 cattle presently unaccounted for, either wandering and lost or also dead with their decomposing…
"Unfortunately, Congress has impeded the ability of the BLM to do its job by continuing to deny funding for common sense and ecologically-sound management principles. As a result, wild horse and burro populations have been allowed to go unchecked, resulting…
Heartbreaking, painful to watch, but real and getting worse, the suffering of wild horses in some BLM management areas is at crisis levels, and only good management of these animals with reverse this horrific trend. Wild and Free-roaming Horses and…
"I managed the ranch for my mother who passed away in 2012. In 1977 the ranch was worth about one million dollars, in 2012 it was worth over 20 million. My mother did no estate planning, had made numerous 'gifts'…
Managers in Oregon and Washington have struggled to come up with a plan to keep wolves under control. Washington even spent about $800,000 on a mediator to get various stakeholders — ranchers and environmentalists — together to talk about the…
In another significant change, one of the three strikes against a pack can be a “probable” depredation. Previously, only “confirmed” kills were counted, leaving out cases in which wildlife investigators were fairly sure wolves had killed livestock, but too little…