File photo The spring bear hunt draw results are now available. Login at the MyODFW.com licensing page and look under Recreational Portfolio / Controlled Hunts to view results, or call Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Licensing at (503) 947-6101.  Hunters who drew a tag…

CRESWELL CITY HALL; LIGHTS OUT MONDAY’S SNOWDAY. Scott Olson/The Creswell Chronicle Late Sunday and Monday, Creswell got hammered with an estimated 18 inches of snow, leaving many without power, cell service and without open stores to buy supplies. The storm on Feb. 24 and 25…

Photo provided/ODFW The fatal cougar attack on a hiker in the Mount Hood National Forest last year was a tragic thing. Evidence evaluation indicated the cougar was a female in good health. Is this a surprise? Not really. Cougar numbers are at all-time highs for…

File Photo Oregonian’s participation in outdoor recreation activities saves the state $1.4 billion annually in healthcare costs, according to a report released recently by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD). The report, ”Health Benefits for Oregonians from their Outdoor Recreation Participation in Oregon,” calculates…

Photo provided/Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Gray whales are on the move south again this December, and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is celebrating the migration with the annual Whale Watching Week Dec. 27 through 31. Volunteers from the Whale Watching Spoken Here program…

A WILD ELK RIVER FALL CHINOOK IS OUTFITTED WITH A RADIO TAG. Photo provided/Austin Huff Elk River anglers are reminded to release unharmed any radio-tagged fall chinook salmon caught. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is conducting a research project tagging up to 100 hatchery…

ODFW’S NEW ELECTRONIC LICENSING SYSTEM MOBILE LOGIN PAGE LAUNCHING DEC. 1, 2018 FOR THE SALE OF 2019 LICENSES Photo provided/ODFW Get ready for the launch of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s new modernized licensing system on Dec. 1-hang onto the 2018 hunting or fishing…

A new program will provide big game preference points in lieu of a cash reward to people who turn in poachers. The program builds on the long standing Turn in Poachers Program (TIP), a successful collaboration between the Oregon Hunters Association and Oregon State Police…

The parties of the Pacific Salmon Treaty have agreed on new coastwide salmon fishing agreements. The Pacific Salmon Commission is comprised of representatives from Canada, the states of Oregon, Washington and Alaska, and the Northwest and Columbia River Treaty Tribes. Commissioners from the United States…