The 54 North Restoration Project
Northern Blues Forest Collaborative hosts field tour in Umatilla National Forest UKIAH — Within portions of the 1.4 million acres of the Umatilla National Forest just south of Indian Lake, […]
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Crucial Stretch of Birch Creek Conserved in Land Conveyance to CTUIR
TRAVIS SNELL, CTUIR UMATILLA COUNTY, Ore. – On Sept. 26, the Western Rivers Conservancy (WRC), Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) completed a […]
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WSU team unlocks biological process behind coho die-offs
BY SHAWN VESTAL, WSU NEWS & MEDIA RELATIONS For years, scientists at Washington State University’s (WSU) Puyallup Research & Extension Center have been working to untangle a mystery: Why do […]
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Fire burns 300 acres on Umatilla reservation
By DANELI ATILANO MISSION – A grass fire burned about 300 acres on the Umatilla Indian Reservation from the evening of Monday, Aug. 11 to Wednesday, Aug. 13, prompting a […]
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$22M Earmarked for CTUIR-backed Wildlife Area Project
MISSION – A wildlife area project backed by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) has been awarded $22 million in federal funding. Funded through the U.S. Forest […]
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Native American teens kayak major US river to celebrate removal of dams and return of salmon
By BRITTANY PETERSON, Associated Press KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) — As bright-colored kayaks push through a thick wall of fog, voices and the beats of drums build as kayakers approach a crowd […]
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Johnley Pond litter, pollution getting a cleanup
By TRAVIS SNELL, CTUIR Communications MISSION – After learning of a truck at the bottom of Johnley Pond, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Planning Department has […]
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In new term, Trump set to go after measures that are doing the most to fight climate change
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Donald Trump as president for a second time and the Republican takeback of the U.S. Senate […]
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Help detect Chronic Wasting Disease in Oregon
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a 100% fatal disease that impacts all members of the cervid family (deer, elk, moose, caribou). CWD has been detected in wild cervids in most […]
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Kotek affirms state commitments to Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative
Today, Governor Tina Kotek announced that she is directing state agencies to take all actions necessary and work cooperatively to fulfill the State of Oregon’s commitments to the Columbia Basin […]
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