Childhood chums paddle the Rogue to the sea
MEDFORD Waking in a sleeping bag to a bone-drenching rain on the fifth day of a nine-day raft trip down the Rogue River, Sam Jackson and his two childhood pals wondered whether this adventure would match what it looked like on paper. For 91 miles, ...
 4.8K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 333.0 Judge rules man gold mined illegally
MEDFORD (AP) A federal judge has convicted an Oregon man of illegal mining while digging for gold on U.S. Forest Service land. Clifford R. Tracy of Gold Hill was sentenced to a year on probation. He was also ordered to pay the costs to remedy his r...
2.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 976.0 Property owners along Rogue bemoan removal of dam
ROGUE RIVER Jan Tarantino peers over her summer patio and dock on what used to be Savage Lake, looking down at the Rogue River flowing more than 15 feet below. The dock was a fishing platform and diving board for the past 10 summers when Savage R...
5.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 323.0 Maintenance, not clearcutting, is wise
When is wilderness not wilderness? When it s a developed campground. LaVerne Park might be remote by some standards, but it s a popular destination. The Bureau of Land Management made the right call to remove hazardous trees and branches at the park ...
1.7K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 223.0 A wave of new work in Bandon
BANDON The rainy season won t stop the Port of Bandon from taking the next step along its riverwalk theme landscaping project. City crews will begin deconstructing the extra-wide sidewalk that runs along the north side of First Street Southwest bet...
2.1K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 276.0 One for the bragging wall
MEDFORD (AP) - Thumbtacked to the Bragging Wall at Sportsmen s Warehouse is a photo of an underwhelming blacktailed buck, a little forked-horn deer held up by a man whose smile is wider than the deer s antlers. It wasn t huge, but I wasn t going to...
4.5K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 309.0 Don't let BLM cut LaVerne park trees
My husband and I were at LaVerne Park recently enjoying the gorgeous fall colors. While there we heard a very disturbing fact. The Bureau of Land Management is planning to cut trees in the park. We thought it was a joke at first. LaVerne Park is one ...
1.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 225.0 One for the bragging wall
MEDFORD (AP) ” Thumbtacked to the Bragging Wall at Sportsmen s Warehouse is a photo of an underwhelming blacktailed buck, a little forked-horn deer held up by a man whose smile is wider than the deer s antlers. It wasn t huge, but I wasn t g...
4.2K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 309.0 One for the bragging wall
MEDFORD (AP) ” Thumbtacked to the Bragging Wall at Sportsmen s Warehouse is a photo of an underwhelming blacktailed buck, a little forked-horn deer held up by a man whose smile is wider than the deer s antlers. It wasn t huge, but I wasn t g...
4.2K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 309.0 BLM is set to thin trees in LaVerne Park
LaVerne Park visitors may have noticed orange flags tacked on some of the old-growth trees lately. Don t worry, there are no plans to clearcut the area. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, which owns the county park, does plan to chop down some aged ...
2.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 1000.0 Interior, BLM offers 62 timber sales in Oregon
GRANTS PASS (AP) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced a crop of timber sales for federal lands in Western Oregon intended to keep Oregon mills open while the Obama administration works on a new long-term forest management strategy....
4.1K - Oct. 15, 2009; scored 375.0 Rozella Colleen Gatewood
A funeral service will be held for Rozella Colleen Gatewood, 82, of North Bend at 11 a.m., Friday, Oct. 16, at the Sumner Community Church with Pastor Gary Shults officiating. Burial will follow in the Sumner Cemetery. Rozella was born Feb. 1, 1927, ...
1.5K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 281.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
COOS BAY The developers who d like to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County won t get to take their application before federal regulators this month. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meets Thursday, but Jordan Cove Energy Pr...
2.8K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 307.0 West s wild horses may move East
WASHINGTON Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department plan to protect wild horse herds and the rangelands that support them. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said ...
3.6K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 368.0 Dune lakes off limits to ATVs
There will be no more joyriding around the Beal and Snag lakes on the south end of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Off-road enthusiasts who get a thrill skirting the perimeters of those dune lakes could face a fine of up to $5,000...
3.0K - Oct. 8, 2009; scored 319.0 Prepare for access road closures
According to the Bureau of Land Management, Burnt Mountain Access Road and Tioga Tie Road, east of the Fairview area, will be closed during part of October for repairs due to road failures and slides. Hunters and others accessing these areas are aske...
2.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 265.0 BLM seeks volunteers for Public Lands Day
It s known as the largest volunteer hands-on effort of its kind in the country and on Saturday Coos County residents can join in. The Bureau of Land Management s Coos Bay District is looking for volunteers to participate in the 16th-annual National P...
1.2K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 272.0 Klamaths seek land south of Portland
PORTLAND (AP) The Klamath Tribes are seeking to buy 385 acres along Interstate 5 near Wilsonville for commercial development that leaders say would not include a casino. In a letter to tribal members, Chairman Joseph Kirk said the venture would hel...
2.6K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 328.0 Loggers buy BLM timber
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management s Coos Bay District sold three timber thinning sales Friday, totaling 13 million board feet, a press release said. The Hatchet Job DM timber sale, located in Douglas County, was purchased by S.A. Schuyler Son of M...
0.8K - Sep. 21, 2009; scored 722.0 Snowy plover season is over
ATVers and hikers can meander onto the dry portions of several South Coast beaches again, with the end of the Western snowy plover nesting season. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management lifted access restrictions in place since March on Tuesday, a press ...
1.1K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 232.0 | 
