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A (1.25%) chance for survival: Let’s stop passing the buck on supporting wildlife Raising funds from the statewide tourist tax would provide needed funding

"Let's stop passing the buck on supporting wildlife"
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“The tourism industry is standing on the back of these natural resources. If you don’t invest in it, the pressures on these resources will make that legacy crumble.”

Read this article, then head to 1percent4wildlife.org to learn more and join the movement. #1percent4wildlife

HB 4134 (1.25% for Wildlife) Business Support Letter Interest Form Thank you for considering signing on to the 1.25% for Wildlife Business Support Letter! Check out 1percent4wildlife.org to read about this campaign, then please fill out the below form. Someone from o...

Interested businesses can learn more at www.1percent4wildlife.org or fill out this form to have someone on our team reach out! Help us stop the extinction crisis in Oregon, and in turn, support our growing tourism economy.
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Dear algorithm: Please let Oregon local businesses who support wildlife conservation and understand we can't separate the environment and the economy, find us 🤞 Over 90 businesses across the state have shown their support for HB 4134, help us hit triple digits!

Roadless: Photos from Oregon’s Wilderness Areas Visit the post for more.

Take a look, these were quick pulls that should be from (or of) either the Jefferson, Washington, Menagerie, or Three Sisters Wilderness.

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Not in Central Oregon? Don't fret! We've got an interactive map to help you find the places closest to you.
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Guest column: Five Central Oregon adventures - The Bulletin Celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule This week, one of the most impactful public lands policies of the last century celebrated its 25th anniversary. On January […]

Not sure where these roadless areas are? Check out this article in The Bend Bulletin that will help you get out there.
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Calling Oregon photographers! 99% of Americans say they support keeping protections for Roadless Areas in place, but threats still loom ahead of a vote this spring. Roadless Protections include some of Oregon's iconic wild places, and we'd love to see all your photos of them in the comments!

Federal Court Strikes Down Forest Service’s Logging Loophole - Oregon Wild The U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that the U.S. Forest Service unlawfully created and applied a categorical exclusion, known as “CE-6”, which the agency had recently begun misus...

Who needs some good news?!

Yesterday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon struck down a Forest Service logging loophole 🎉

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Oregon Wild is proud to be part of a campaign taking measures to protect our rivers. The River Democracy Act would safeguard over 3,200 miles of waterways, from the big landscapes of Northeastern Oregon to the rugged Coast Range.
Read more (and become a citizen co-sponsor of RDA) here:

Study Shows U.S. Rivers Lack Adequate Protections, But National Parks Can Help A peer-reviewed study reveals that over 80 percent of U.S. rivers lack adequate protection.

“Our nation’s rivers are vital to everything we as a country depend,” said John Zablocki, director of river protection for American Rivers. “The good news is that communities across the country are taking measures across the partisan divide to protect their rivers.”

You can't separate the health of the environment and the health of the economy. Unless of course you're only considering short-term gain..

Guest column: Raising Oregon's lodging tax is a smart investment It supports our tourism economy, strengthens outdoor recreation, helps avoid costly species declines and more.

"For businesses like mine, this is about long-term stability. When wildlife populations and habitats are healthy, rural communities benefit. That’s the economic argument, but there’s also the fact that it’s just the right thing to do."

Read more at: bendbulletin.com/2025/12/19/g...

Want a quick way you can stop this from happening? We have a simple tool on our website to help you reach out to your senator.
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Keeping public lands in public hands • Oregon Capital Chronicle This summer, an enormous wave of public outrage stopped a brazen attack on America’s shared natural heritage. Sen. Mike Lee of Utah tried to sneak into the “Big Beautiful Bill” a clause that would hav...

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Read this op-ed from Oregon Wild staffer on how the misleading "Fix Our Forests Act" will take us one step closer to removing the 'public' from "public lands"

"Now, a new threat has crawled out of the DC swamp: the so-called “Fix Our Forests Act.” It recently passed the Senate Agriculture Committee, and a similar bill has already cleared the House. This legislation does not sell off public lands, but it attacks the very idea of what makes them public."

Footprints in the Forest: Tracking Oregon's Rarest Wildlife - Oregon Wild Join us to discover how community science and new conservation efforts are helping protect rare wildlife like Sierra Nevada red fox and wolverine, and learn how you can be part of the work.

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Want to find out more about tracking (possibly defending yourself from a dual wielding snowshoe hare riding a deer?) and how to put those skill to use? Check out our webcast this Wednesday!

Check out 1percent4wildlife.org to learn more about how you can help prevent damage from invasive species. Let's invest a little now, so we don't have to pay A LOT down the road.

BUT WAIT. The story isn't over, and we do have a chance to turn the tide. Oregon has an invasive species council to handle things like this before they get out of control. But they need funding, and we've got a solution coming up in the Oregon legislative short session... 1% for Wildlife.

Let's head back to the Willamette today. Two individuals have been found so far. Only two? Not millions? What's the scare about? Well... a single female can carry 250,000–1,000,000 eggs at a time.

In just the fall of 1998, over 1 million mitten crabs were collected in south part of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Let's take a minute to imagine how much that would cost, from labor, to tools, to the cost to repair the damage.

In just the fall of 1998, over 1 million mitten crabs were collected in south part of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. Let's take a minute to imagine how much that would cost, from labor, to tools, to the cost to repair the damage.

The damage was significant enough that they are now illegal to own or sell in Oregon.

Let's take a gander back to San Fran in the 90s. A significant population of these crabs took hold of the bay, damaging infrastructure like dikes and levees, interfering with commercial fishing operations by destroying nets and eating native fish eggs, and taking over fish salvage structures.

Looks like just another crab? WRONG. Unlike our native crabs, this crab has a potentially devastating skillset... it spends its adult life in freshwater. This individual was found in the Willamette River. Wondering where this story gets scary?

Let's keep the tradition of scary stories for the holidays going... meet the Chinese Mitten Crab *insert gasps of horror* This photo was taken by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and let's take a look at why that's potentially HORRIFYING

Classic Hikes in Oregon with Eli Boschetto - Oregon Wild You know we love hiking at Oregon Wild, and we love a good hiking guide too. Join us for this webcast featuring Eli Boschetto - the author of some of the best guides around - who’ll share some of the ...

We're soooo thrilled to have him as guest on our Webcast this Wednesday to tell us all about it! The event is recorded, so go ahead and hit that register button to fuel your hiking day dreams oregonwild.org/event/classi...

If you've spent any time looking at hiking guide books in Oregon, you've seen the name Eli Boschetto – he's the author of some of the best guides around -and he's got a new book out, "100 Classic Hikes: Oregon"