Oregon WildBlog

Mushroom expert Bruce Newhouse will guide us in looking over, under, around and through western Oregon for fungi, and get to know a few and what roles they have.

Humans and wildlife have very different relationships with fire. Despite the very real threat forest fires can have on homes, property and human life, they also play a critical role in restoring and maintaining healthy forests and providing essential habitat for a myriad of fish and wildlife species. 

Adapted from Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A hiking guide

A a discussion with fire experts about these contributing factors and how we might prepare for a more fire-prone future.

A conversation with three trailblazers paving the way for representation, growth, and connection in the outdoors and outdoor industry.

We're back with Chad Brown of Soul River Inc for Part 3 of Systemic Racism on Public Lands - The New Mavericks.

For families and communities all across Oregon, the fires this week have created a time of unprecedented stress and hardship.  The hot, dry weather combined with unusually high winds have created extreme fire danger all across the Pacific Northwest, and thousands of Oregonians have been forced to flee their homes.  Too many homes have already been lost.

Learn what the Trump administration is trying to (un)do here in Oregon and what you can do to help stop it right now!

An overview of the Department of the Interior's most crooked political appointees and its most egregious anti-environmental actions.

A panel discussion with diverse conservation leaders in Oregon.

Oregon's "State Forests" can play a major role in fighting climate change – both by sequestering large amounts of carbon, and by mitigating the impacts of climate change – if the state shifts the management of these public lands to respond to the climate crisis.