Between the pandemic and historic wildfires, it's not a good time to be leading groups of hikers onto Gorge trails.
Conservation Organizer Ryan Rittenhouse asks you to comment this Tuesday, Sept. 8, on the Columbia River Gorge Commission's Management Plan.
Proposed changes to Gorge protection plan will address climate, urban sprawl.
A year ago, Community Engagement Specialist Natasha Stone was in radio, hearing about the annual western pond turtle release. Now she was taking part in one.
Powerful political and economic forces are at odds over how resources, communities and growth in the Gorge should be managed.
Significant logistical challenges were posed for the U.S. Forest Service when it recently reopened the attraction for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A unanimous vote by the Columbia River Gorge Commission marks the first major change to urban boundary policy in more than three decades.
The project aims to restore 965 acres of floodplain habitat in the Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
KOIN-TV's Ken Boddie interviews Conservation Director Michael Lang (includes video).
With the help of conservation partners and local wildlife agencies, the zoo has now returned these endangered reptiles to the wild at the Columbia River Gorge.
When it was time to restore the historic Columbia River Gorge Highway, now part of a popular hiking and biking route, much of the work was done with Land and Water Conservation funds.
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