Recreation
A caplock pistol contrast in the days of COVID-19
PENDLETON — It’s 1852. A few pioneers have staked claims in the Blue Mountains although most of the…
Recreation
Bloomin’ Blues | Higher Blue Mountain elevations reveal stellar wildflowers
With the really warm weather and the numbers of plants blooming at lower elevations, I decided it was…
Recreation
Caught Ovgard | There’s beauty in everything, even ratfish
EDMONDS, Wash. — Picture the weirdest fish you can think of. Nope. Weirder. The spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei,…
Recreation
Northeast Oregon’s Bounty Of Spring Wildflowers
We walked into the meadow and for a moment I wondered whether some noxious substance had been spilled…
Recreation
Brown announces limited opening of state recreational areas
SALEM — Several Oregon recreation areas and parks are beginning to reopen with limited day use access.
Recreation
Biologists monitoring sickness in bighorn sheep
A bacterial illness has spread through Baker County’s biggest herd of bighorn sheep, but a state wildlife biologist…
Recreation
Floating an old boat
UMATILLA — Two events in my treasure chest of childhood memories include the first trout brought flopping to…
Recreation
Bloomin’ Blues | Yellowjacket Road wildflowers putting on a show
Last week included a trip up Yellowjacket Road southwest of Pilot Rock. There were lots of wildflowers in…
Recreation
Caught Ovgard | It’s May Day — What are you sinking?
KLAMATH FALLS — This week is May Day, the holiday on which people in the pre-television world grabbed…
Recreation
Mushroom picking is free within personal-use limits on the Blue Mountains National Forests
PENDLETON — For avid mushroom pickers, spring begins when fungi return to the forest. Personal-use mushroom picking is…
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