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Clear-Cuts and the Risk of Mudslide Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 138 seconds Recent mudslides in Northwest Oregon have centered attention on the risks that clear-cut logging poses to soil stability. Take a look at the heavily logged area around Vernonia, OR and the cause of a mudslide in the little town of Woodson. Related: 30, clear, clearcut, cut, highway, landslide, logging, mudslide, oregon, vernonia, woodson, wopr |
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Wolf Spotted in NE Oregon Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 106 seconds This is the fifth wolf to be spotted in Oregon since 2000. Sadly, three of the previous four have been killed. Oregon Wild is working to bring these majestic animals back to their former Oregon home. Related: cap, eagle, northeast, oregon, wild, wilderness, wolf, wolves |
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Pacific Giant Salamander (Crabtree Valley) Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 40 seconds Crabtree Valley is home to some of the biggest and oldest trees in Oregon as well as the biggest salamanders in the world! This guy blended in so well, we almost stepped right on top of him. Lucky for us (and for him) we didn't and instead got to see this amazing animal hang out right in front of us. The Crabtree area is under threat in the BLM's new WOPR forest plan. Related: blm, crabtree, oregon, salamander, wild, wopr |
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Regna Merritt Year End Message Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 109 seconds An end of year message from Oregon Wild Executive Director Regna Merritt. Related: donate, end, environment, give, global, hood, mount, oregon, support, warming, wild, wilderness, wolves, year |
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Crow WOPR Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 104 seconds All across Oregon neighbors of Bureau of Land Management forest are nervous about the proposed management plan that would increase logging. See how one small square mile section will be impacted and what those impacts could mean writ large. Related: bureau, creek, crow, forest, growth, land, management, old, oregon, wolf, wopr |
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Elk Creek Dam Blast Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 25 seconds Contractors blow a section of Elk Creek Dam on August 6, 2008 to restore the stream channel and allow native fish to pass safely through to spawning grounds. Related: blast, concrete, creek, dam, demolition, elk, explode, oregon, salmon, steelhead, wild |
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Wolf Spotted in Eastern Oregon Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 31 seconds Several wolf sightings have occurred over the past decade in Eastern Oregon. This iconic animal is trying to make a come back in the West but faces the threat of being taken off the endangered species list. Help Oregon Wild support wolf recovery in Oregon. http://www.oregonwil d.org/fish_wildlife/ bringing_wolves_back /index_html Related: endangered, wolf, wolves |
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Kelsey Whisky Timber Sale Unit 6-2 Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 187 seconds A tour of the Zane Grey Roadless Area, part of the Wild Rogue Wilderness proposal. The Kesley/Whisky is named after two tributaries of the Rogue River. The area is also under threat from the new Bush administration plan to increase old-growth logging on BLM lands in Oregon by 700%. Related: blm, oregon, rogue, wild, wopr |
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Crabtree Valley Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 131 seconds Crabtree Valley, home to the oldest Douglas Firs in Oregon, was saved from logging in the 1970s. Today, the Bureau of Land Management has plans to change all that. Go to www.oregonwild.org to stop the BLM from cutting down some of the oldest trees in Oregon. Related: blm, crabtree, environment, forest, growth, old, oregon, valley |
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Wendell Wood Mushroom Hike Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 54 seconds Wildlands Advocate Wendell Wood has been exploring Oregon's forests, rivers and wild places for decades. He has forgotten more about Oregon's wildlife than most will ever learn. Luckily, the longtime Oregon Wild staff member likes to share his experience and expertise with others who love Oregon. Related: creek, eagle, mushroom, oregon, wendell, wild, wilderness, wood |
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"Wild" Ride in White River Canyon Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 20 seconds Oregon Wild staff member Sean Stevens takes an unorthodox trip in White River Canyon on Mt. Hood. Oregon Wild is working to protect more of the Mt. Hood area as Wilderness, including this spot where some of the finest sledding habitat west of the Mississippi is found. Related: canyon, hood, mount, oregon, river, sledding, tubing, white, wild, wilderness |
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White River Canyon Sledding Posted by: ORWild
Video duration: 80 seconds The annual Oregon Wild staff sledding day was filled with its usual hair-raising tube rides. This sort of fun puts the "wild" in Wilderness. White River Canyon is part of the Lewis and Clark Mt. Hood Wilderness Proposal. Related: canyon, hood, mount, mt, oregon, river, sledding, white, wild, wilderness |












