Outdoors

Perch boom spurs a derby - 7/2/2009
ASHLAND — Luke Amuchastegui can't help but recognize the yin and yang of the yellow perch in Emigrant Lake.
Creature Feature: Black-crowned Night-Heron - 7/2/2009
Black-crowned Night Heron
Volunteers aid lactating elk in High Cascades - 7/2/2009
PROSPECT — Two-dozen members of the Rogue Valley Chapter of the Oregon Hunters Association spent Saturday erecting a relatively harmless yet...
High mountain waterfalls and giant trees reward trekkers on Red Blanket Trail - 7/2/2009
Late last summer a cluster of lightning strikes ignited a series of blazes in and around the Sky Lakes Wilderness that burned about 21,000 acres.
Smith Rock State Park - 7/2/2009
If someone says Smith Rock and you think of a giant boulder at the side of the road, think again.
Bike racers invoke the force - 7/2/2009
Mountain bikers converged on Sam Brown Campground in the Southern Oregon mountains between the Redwood Highway and the Rogue River last weekend for a...
Ocean Outlook - 7/2/2009
COASTWIDE - Ocean forecasts call for some pretty decent early-morning surf and swell conditions along the Oregon Coast.
Lake Outlook - 7/2/2009
AGATE - Bass and crappie fishing remain good in the mornings and evenings around structure, and the far upper end of the reservoir has improved with...
River Outlook - 7/2/2009
ROGUE - Spring chinook salmon fishing has been steadily fair in the upper Rogue, has slowed to a crawl in the middle Rogue, and is decent for the few...
Weighty catch nets derby winner $1,000 - 7/2/2009
Dan Runyon picked the right day to hook the biggest rainbow trout he's ever scratched at Diamond Lake.
Holy Hatch - 6/25/2009
TRAIL — A 14-inch trout rolls on the surface of the upper Rogue, and fly-fisher Chuck Campana is prepared to see whether this fish wants one...
Runners will push the limits of body, mind - 6/25/2009
Horse racing has the Kentucky Derby. Bicycling has the Tour de France. Ultramarathoning has the Western States Endurance Run.
Trout derby anticipates 1,000 eager anglers - 6/25/2009
The most popular fishing accessory during this weekend's Rainbow $5,000 trout derby at Diamond Lake might not be PowerBait, night crawlers or Triple...
Creature Feature: Dall's Porpoise - 6/25/2009
(Phocoenoides dalli)
Build the Perfect Survival Kit - 6/25/2009
By John D. McCann
Police will be on the water in force this weekend looking for drunken boaters - 6/25/2009
Drunken boaters across the country may find themselves finishing the weekend in a jail cell this week under a nationwide push to enforce...
Summer on Mount Bachelor - 6/25/2009
SUMMER ON MOUNT BACHELOR
Hyatt largemouth trucked to Lost Creek Lake - 6/25/2009
Lost Creek Lake received another fat dose of largemouth bass Saturday when anglers and a state fish biologist pulled unwanted largemouth from Hyatt...
Hobart Bluff, a centered and varied world - 6/25/2009
Standing atop Hobart Bluff, I'm reminded of the four sacred mountains of the Navajo — Mount Taylor, the San Francisco Peaks, Mount Hesperus and...