Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
On May 25, 2018, Newport Fish and Wildlife troopers were called to an area outside of Toledo to investigate a poached deer. Investigation has shown the deer was shot in the head with a small-caliber rifle. The remains of the deer were located on Sunnyridge Road near…
Cailin O’Brien-Feeney PHOTO PROVIDED/OPRD The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) has hired Cailin O’Brien-Feeney as its first head of the Oregon Office of Outdoor Recreation. The Office is a new unit inside the agency, created by legislation signed into law by Governor Kate Brown…
PHOTO PROVIDED William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge will offer its fourth elk hunt in 2018. This year’s hunt program will provide a total of 20 elk permits, with hunting divided into four hunts that will run from Aug. 25 to Oct. 28. Archery-only hunts…
PHOTO PROVIDED The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge black-tailed deer hunt will take place in the same designated Refuge areas as in previous years, referred to and marked as Zones 1 and 2. The general refuge archery season for both zones runs from Aug.…
Maeve, age 7, with her first fish, caught with the help of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife angling education instructor at Timber Linn Park Pond, Albany during an earlier Free Fishing Day event this year. IMAGE PROVIDED/ODFW It’s free to fish, crab or clam…
Free camping, free parking and special events highlight State Parks Day on Saturday, June 2. More than a dozen state parks are holding free events that day, and camping is free at all tent, RV and horse campsites. Day-use parking will be free June 2…
Recent rule changes adopted by the Oregon Board of Forestry adjust camping fees in state forests, provide additional benefits to qualifying military veterans and active-duty service members, revise overnight stay limits on state forests and initiate a pilot campsite reservation program at a Clatsop State…
American goldfinch ED ”JAKE” JACKSON Wanna test your endurance? Try running nonstop for a week. Can’t do it? A bird’s got you beat. It’s the human equivalent to the longest uninterrupted bird migration ever measured – 7,145 miles straight. No food. No water. No cigarette…
On April 27, Central Point Fish and Wildlife troopers were called to the Shady Cove area to investigate a live deer that had been shot with an arrow which was still stuck in the deer. The troopers and ODFW responded in an effort to investigate…