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

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 ...

The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch ... the canyonlands and a 15-mile stretch of the Owyhee River under the protection of the National Wilderness ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through Congress at the ... public land in the canyonlands and a 15-mile stretch of the Owyhee River under the ...

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 ...

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 ...

An effort to protect nearly 1 million acres of eastern Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands passed the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent Friday night, Sen. Ron Wyden announced. The matter now moves to the ...