On a fall morning, the sun shone through the trees in Clemens Park, about a half-hour drive southwest of Corvallis. Leaves crunched under boots. The air was crisp, cold and earthy. A group of sixth ...

ALSEA - Got fish? The Alsea River certainly does this year, especially salmon. Adult wild coho numbers are at their greatest since 1990 in the Alsea, and adult chinook spawners are at the highest ever ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality levied 14 fines in April, totaling $408,311. Among them were Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Alsea Fish Hatchery, which did in-water ...

Oregon’s environmental regulator has fined the state Department of Fish and Wildlife nearly $17,000 after managers at a fish hatchery in Benton County made no effort to keep silt from entering the ...

On a fall morning, the sun shone through the trees in Clemens Park, about a half-hour drive southwest of Corvallis. Leaves crunched under boots. The air was crisp, cold and earthy. A group of sixth ...

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the Alsea River. Periods of heavy rain along with some snowmelt Wednesday night and Thursday will cause sharp rises on several rivers and ...

The Oregon Health Authority has issued an advisory because of higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters at Alsea River Recreation Area Beach in Lincoln County. Spokesman Jonathan Modie ...

Last week Bennett Hall and I visited Bud and Mimi Stout in Alsea for a riparian conspiracy story. Mimi took us on a tour of a riverfront section of their property, and once I saw the water I began ...

Bridge Creek Trail is perhaps the best way to experience all the wild and scenic values of the Tumalo Creek watershed. (Sami Godlove) As the seasons shift and the weather continues to warm, you may be ...

ALSEA - The Alsea Highway (34) is experiencing a lane restriction and rough road conditions after last week’s powerful storm. The highway is reduced to two lanes at milepost 49, between Philomath and ...