The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch Tuff, which is rhyolite ash that erupted 15.5 million years ago. (Bob Bush Photo/Getty Images) Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek ...

The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch Tuff, which is rhyolite ash that erupted 15.5 million years ago. (Bob Bush/Getty Images) A proposal to protect the ...

Let’s list things that are exasperating about Congress. The lack of bipartisanship. The years it can take to do anything. And more. This month Oregon Congressman Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, reminded ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — On July 23, Rep. Cliff Bentz, who represents Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, successfully added an amendment to an Interior Department appropriations bill for the 2025 ...

U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, on Friday offered a new wrinkle to conserving the Owyhee Canyonlands, introducing his own legislation and creating the latest twist over a question that has confounded ...

Recent reporting tells us that Sen. Ron Wyden believes the Owyhee Canyonlands will win legal protection this year. After decades of negotiation, legislative attempts and advocacy - from Indigenous ...

DeFazio represented Oregon’s 4th Congressional District from 1987-2023. There is broad agreement across Oregon that the unique Owyhee Canyonlands area needs protection from development, mining and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Governor Tina Kotek is seeking federal protections of the Owyhee Canyonlands, sending a letter to President Joe Biden and Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley in ...

Kotek wants the Biden administration to designate the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon a national monument if Congress won’t vote to protect it Undated photo of the Owyhee Canyonlands in ...

OREGON, USA — Two of Oregon's federal lawmakers released a bipartisan statement on committing to working toward a solution to preserve the Owyhee Canyonlands in far eastern Oregon next year. On ...

In this edition of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about a collection of stories related to wildfire, waterfalls and public lands. The first story centers on a group of women who ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Gov. Tina Kotek just made one last plea to President Joe Biden to protect a stunning stretch of the state known as “Oregon’s Grand Canyon” before he leaves office. Kotek wrote to ...