Oregon lawmakers have voted to increase the state’s lodging tax in order to help fund wildlife conservation. The tax increase ...

The bill passed with bipartisan support, despite fierce resistance from the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association and other business groups.

Why are hunting season dates so specific? While the way hunting seasons are determined may seem like an easy or arbitrary choice, it is far from that. In practice, these dates are actually built ...

Increasing the tax would “create an important source of dedicated funding to sustain our wildlife, wildland, and recreation ...

Hunting limits aren’t arbitrary—they‘re determined using highly specific data points. They are determined on a state-by-state ...

Quick Take Every Oregonian may face a 2026 vote on IP28, a proposed initiative that would mandate a ban on all slaughter and hunting of animals in the state, if it qualifies for the ballot. IP28 ...

House Bill 4134 would raise Oregon’s lodging tax by 1.25% to generate $38 million per year to fund nine wildlife programs.

A petition to ban all hunting in Oregon is getting close to making this year’s ballot. Proponents of the PEACE Act (an acronym for “People for the Elimination of Animal Cruelty Exemptions Act”) are ...

Supporters of a proposed Oregon ballot measure that would ban most hunting, fishing and livestock in the state sat the campaign has raised more than $270,000 as it works to qualify for the November ...

A historic tribal-state collaboration in eastern Oregon has officially stalled out. The proposed Qapqápa Wildlife Area (pronounced cop-COP-a), which would encompass 11,438 acres about 10 miles ...

A landmark tribal‑state conservation deal in Eastern Oregon collapsed after the Merlo Foundation withdrew from the sale.

Oregon has a long history of unsuccessfully trying to eradicate invasive species. The state came within one day of announcing it was free of feral swine in 2022. But then another wild pig appeared.