A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through the U.S. Congress at the end of the ...

The latest iteration of the bill was proposed in 2023 by Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden. It marked the third such proposal by Wyden and Oregon’s other Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley to pass a bill ...

As President Joe Biden leaves office, a flurry of conservation groups are convincing him to invoke the Antiquities Act to ...

As President Joe Biden leaves office, a flurry of conservation groups are convincing him to invoke the Antiquities Act to designate national monuments. The original intent of the Antiquities Act ...

There’s more waiting to see if the stunning Owyhee Canyonlands in Eastern Oregon will ever be granted federal protection.

The U.S. Senate's passage of the Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness bill leaves advocates optimistic that protections can be ...

I’m working the North Fork of the Smith River ... that these two for Oregon are included.” In June 2023, Wyden introduced the Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act (S.

The Owyhee Canyonlands, home to deep river gorges, is located in remote southeast Oregon on the state line with Idaho. The closest communities include Nyssa or Jordan Valley. The dramatic scenery ...

Dubbed “Oregon’s Grand Canyon” by the New York ... Take, for example, the Upper Owyhee River and the confluence of its three forks. Fly casting for native redband trout is pure joy.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A debate is intensifying over how to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands, a vast million-acre expanse of rugged, remote land in far eastern Oregon where upland bird hunting and ...

The bill backed by Ron Wyden would add federal protections to more than 1 million acres centered around Eastern Oregon.