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

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through Congress at the end of the year but members of Oregon’s delegation said they’ll try anew in 2025.

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 designate national monuments. The original intent of the Antiquities Act ...

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

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

A bill introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to add federal protections to Eastern Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands passed the Senate — creating a pathway to pass Congress in 2025, Wyden ...

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

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 ...