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  • Oregon salmon crisis

    Posted on April 14, 2025 By Backyard Bend in category Localtagged#backyardbend , Business , Central Oregon , Fishery , Fishing , KOIN , News , Oregon , Oregon Coast , Outdoors , Politics , Science , State , Water , Weather , What’s Trending

    A drop in the salmon population has spurred Oregon lawmakers to seek a fishery disaster declaration. Learn more here.

    SEE THE ORIGINAL KOIN NEWS ARTICLE HERE

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  • Researchers discover massive aquifer under the Cascades

    Posted on January 13, 2025 By Backyard Bend in categories Local , Positive Newstagged#backyardbend , Aquifer , cascades , Central Oregon , Local , News , OPB , Research , Science , Water , What’s New , What’s Trending

    Researchers have discovered a massive aquifer beneath the Central Oregon Cascades. Learn more here.

    SEE THE ORIGINAL OPB ARTICLE HERE

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  • 250+ steelhead return to Pelton Dam on Deschutes River

    Posted on November 10, 2024 By Backyard Bend in category Positive Newstagged#backyardbend , Biology , Central Oregon , Deschutes River , Fish , Fishing , Positive News , Rivers , Science , Steelhead

    More than 250 steelhead were captured for relocation at Pelton Dam on the Deschutes River; this is the largest steelhead return on the Deschutes since 1960s. Learn more here.

    SEE THE CENTRAL OREGON DAILY NEWS ARTICLE HERE

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  • Salmon spotted in Klamath Basin, first since 1912

    Posted on October 19, 2024 By Backyard Bend in category Positive NewstaggedChinook , Chinook Salmon , Dams , Fall , Fishing , KTVZ , News , Positive News , Salmon , Science

    In 1912, hydroelectric dams blocked the migration of Chinook salmon to Klamath Basin. Just months after the dam’s removal, a fall Chinook run has returned. Learn more about it here.

    READ THE KTVZ ARTICLE HERE

    OPB ARTICLE 

    ODFW ARTICLE

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  • Rare pacific football fish washes up on coast

    Posted on May 22, 2024 By Backyard Bend in category Localtagged#backyardbend , Central Oregon , Coast , Coastal Oregon , Deep-sea , Fox News , News , Ocean , Oregon , Oregon Coast , Science

    A rare fish that lives in complete darkness at 2,000-3,300 feet has washed up on the Oregon coast. Find out more here.

    SEE THE ARTICLE BY FOX NEWS HERE

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  • Oregon Health Authority reports a rise in use of lethal doses

    Posted on March 21, 2024 By Backyard Bend in category Localtaggedbend , Death With Dignity , Death With Dignity Act , DWDA , Health , KATU , Local , Medicine , News , OHA , Oregon , Oregon Health Authority , Portland , Redmond , Salem , Science , What’s Trending

    The Oregon Health Authority has reported a rise in use of lethal doses by way of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act. Learn more here.

    SEE THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE BY KATU HERE

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  • New information uncovered as the California redwoods recover from fire

    Posted on December 11, 2023 By Backyard Bend in categories Local , Positive Newstagged#backyardbend , California , Outdoors , Positive News , Redwoods , Science , Tourism , Travel , Weather , What’s Trending , Wildfire , Wildfires

    The redwoods in California have a vast energy storage system catalyzing their recovery from the 2020 wildfires. Read the article by the San Francisco Chronicle here.

    By Julie Johnson of the SF Chronicle

     

  • Archaeologists find new evidence in Southern Oregon that suggests human habitation 18,000 years ago

    Posted on July 18, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category Positive Newstagged#backyardbend , Archaeology , History , Humans , North America , OPB , Oregon , Oregon Public Broadcasting , Science , Southern oregon

    New evidence suggests humans were in Oregon more than 18,000 years ago.

    Photo Courtesy of Becky Raines / University of Oregon

    By Ella Hutcherson (Jefferson Public Radio)

    Archaeologists have new evidence suggesting that humans occupied Oregon more than 18,000 years ago. This makes it one of the oldest known sites of human occupation in North America.

    A 2023 radiocarbon dating analysis was made based on findings at the Rimrock Draw Rockshelter near Burns, Oregon. The University of Oregon Archaeological Field School has been excavating at the site, which features a shallow overhang in an otherwise open environment. The field school has been working in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management since 2011.

    UO staff archaeologist Patrick O’Grady said in 2012 the team found telling objects — camel tooth enamel fragments and a human-made tool — deep in the rock shelter, buried underneath the ash of a Mt. St. Helens eruption from over 15,000 years ago.

    READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE ON OPB HERE

  • Oregon facing threats from invasive vine mealybugs

    Posted on July 17, 2023 By Backyard Bend in category LocaltaggedAgriculture , bend , Bugs , Farming , Grapes , Horticulture , Invasive , News , OPB , Oregon , OSU , Science , Southern oregon , Vineyards , What’s Trending , Wine

    Invasive vine mealybugs have been found in Southern Oregon. Find out more here.

    By Rolando Hernandez (OPB)

    An invasive vine mealybug was found in Southern Oregon in 2021 and since then, vineyards have been fighting to eradicate the insect. The pest can cause significant damage to Oregon’s grape vines, affecting fruit quality and mold growth. State funding from SB 5506 will invest more than $400,000 to monitor, research and suppress the insect before it becomes widespread in the state.

    Brian Gruber is the president of the Oregon Winegrowers Association. Greg Jones is the vice chair on the Oregon Wine Board’s board of directors. And Vaughn Walton is a professor at Oregon State University’s horticulture department . They join us now to share how this bug can potentially affect Oregon’s vineyards and the potential impact of the funding to address the threat it poses.

    SEE THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE

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