The Oregon State Marine Board is taking public comment on proposed rules that will require boaters to wear personal-flotation devices when navigating rapids classified as Class III or higher.

The Oregon Stewardship program plans a Saturday afternoon work party to expand its "Adopt a Drain" program aimed at curbing polluted runoff from the Interstate 5 viaduct in Medford from flowing into Bear Creek.

A new police-patrolled travel-management area will help keep about 680,000 acres of Southern Oregon industrial timberlands open to public access for hunting, fishing and other pursuits over the next five years.

About 102,000 Oregon boat owners can expect next week to receive renewal notices for their motor boat registrations, and they will be the first ones to pay the new $5 fee to combat invasive species.

Spawning fall chinook salmon have returned to Bear Creek, kicking off the annual experience of viewing these Rogue River giants in urban Medford.

A Warren man was set to appear in a Lincoln County courtroom today for landing a 12-foot-long great white shark in August outside of Depoe Bay.

State wildlife biologists plan to add a carrot, then possibly a stick, to entice Oregon's big-game and turkey hunters to take seriously the mandatory part of mandatory-reporting of hunting success.

A roadside outpost near Prineville next week will be part of Oregon's continuing effort to ensure that Chronic Wasting Disease does not make a fatal reach into the state's wild deer and elk herds.

Rogue Valley hunters heading east for mule deer hunts will find information booths beginning Wednesday where hunters can gather up-to-the-minute information on fire restrictions, off-road driving and other tidbits.

WHITE CITY — Young guns will flock to the Denman Wildlife Area this weekend to take part in a pheasant hunt — the 17th annual — that is propped up and set aside just for them.