Oregon
Bipartisan support of act offers long-overdue relief to cattle producers.
While the reintroduction of wolves has led to significant challenges for local ranchers, some say they are willing to deal with the animals if they will return to their natural habitat.
In addition to increasing carcass counts, wolves decrease reproduction rates, weaning weights, calf health and human well-being — costs often uncompensated or uncounted.
Ranchers in the Pacific Northwest are using old and new tools to prevent and recover from wildfires.
Strong demand doesn’t just happen. It’s built through effort, investment and consistency.
Motion-activated field cameras, GPS collars, wolf scat analysis and cattle tail hair samples are helping University of California, Davis, researchers shed new light on how an expanding and protected gray wolf population is affecting cattle operations, leading to millions of dollars in losses.
A U.S. District Judge has granted a partial preliminary injunction, approving an alternative grazing plan for the Hammond’s cattle that the Bureau of Land Management had proposed in June.
Activist groups have filed suit against the BLM in an effort to prevent Hammond Ranches, Steven Hammond (second from left) and Dwight Hammond (fourth from left), from renewing their grazing permits.
In an ironic twist, the BLM hopes cattle from Dwight and Steven Hammond – ranchers prosecuted for starting range fires – can reduce a fire risk on the high desert of eastern Oregon.
A proposal in Oregon seeks a ban on coyote-hunting contests, but the language runs afoul of the state’s constitution which also permits strip clubs as free speech.
Police officers and firefighters in various parts of the country have been lending a hand caring for cattle and here are some social media posts that show them in action.
Oregon officials continue to investigate multiple cattle mutilations where the tongue, glands and sex organs have been removed with little or no signs or evidence of a struggle.
A rancher in northeast Oregon has been granted the right to kill two wolves by state officials following an attack on calves in his cow herd.
Oregon ranchers Dwight Hammond Jr., and his son Steven, are among those President Trump is considering for presidential pardons.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has approved a kill permit for a wolf pack responsible for killing at least four calves this summer.
Several different wolf packs in Oregon have been responsible for attacks on cattle that resulted in injuries or death.
The driver of a semi-trailer was killed along with five cattle that were being hauled during rollover accident in Oregon.
Authorities say gray wolf OR-7′s Rogue Pack has killed another cow at ranch southwest of Crater Lake, Oregon, marking the seventh confirmed livestock kill attributed to the pack since late October.
The Oregon Cattlemen’s Association urges its members to submit testimony in opposition to Oregon Senate Bill 978, an omnibus gun control package.
The 40,000 acre Kinzua Ranch located in northcentral Oregon has been listed on the market for an asking price of $30 million.
A proposal in Oregon seeks a ban on coyote-hunting contests, but the language runs afoul of the state’s constitution which also permits strip clubs as free speech.
In an ironic twist, the BLM hopes cattle from Dwight and Steven Hammond – ranchers prosecuted for starting range fires – can reduce a fire risk on the high desert of eastern Oregon.
A blue-green algae outbreak in an Oregon reservoir has killed 32 cattle.
A small packing plant in Oregon has been cited for inhumane slaughter practices.
After months of stress, confusion and heartache, the refuge takeover appears to have ended.
Over the past few years, ranchers have had little hope of being fully compensated for the impact of reintroducing wolves into Oregon. HB3514, a bill that is currently awaiting a hearing from the revenue committee, could help change that.