threatened species

A conservation group in Springfield has won $8.5 million in federal funding, which will pay for floodplain restorations along the Willamette River and its tributaries.

In November, Oregon officials reported a dozen cases of wildlife being shot illegally across seven counties. Aside from a bighorn sheep whose head and horns were removed, all animals were left to waste where they fell.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service has released a draft recovery plan for the Oregon spotted frog, which was federally declared a threatened species in 2014 and is at risk of becoming endangered.

A butterfly that’s native to Oregon will be removed from the endangered species list after more than two decades.

There have been moves in Congress to limit protections under the Endangered Species Act recently, and that may not sit well with voters. A new poll shows…