Oregon Has Found a New (and Clever) Way to Fund Wildlife Conservation

Instead of a backpack tax, Oregon will adopt a hospitality tax. The bipartisan effort was supported by everyone from ...
Yahoo

Why Are Hunting Limits So Strict? An Oregon Official Reveals the ‘Surplus Principle’ Behind the Data

Wildlife managers must calculate specific statewide bag limits to ensure an animal’s annual growth never tips into a permanent decline. Age ratios and population numbers that traverse states are only ...
KTVZ

Oregon lawmakers increase lodging tax to boost wildlife funding

Oregon lawmakers have voted to increase the state’s lodging tax in order to help fund wildlife conservation.  The tax ...
Oregonian

Oregon lawmakers consider raising lodging tax to fund wildlife protection

Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal to increase by 1% a state tax on hotel, camping and Airbnb stays that would raise up to $30 million a year for state wildlife conservation. The proposal has ...
KGW8

Bill proposes increasing lodging tax to fund Oregon wildlife and conservation

SALEM, Ore. — On Thursday, supporters of House Bill 4134 told members of a state Senate committee that Oregon's tourism industry relies heavily on our wildlife and environment, so it makes sense that ...
AOL

Hunting Limits Aren’t Random—Here’s the Science Behind the Numbers

A female wildlife biologist setting a camera trap in the forest© AlvaroGO/Shutterstock.com Hunting limits aren’t arbitrary—they‘re determined using highly specific data points. They are determined on ...
Oregonian

Oregon wildlife area would make history with tribal-state partnership on ceded lands

In all of Oregon’s natural areas, this would be a first. A proposed wildlife area in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon would be co-managed by state officials and the Confederated Tribes of the ...
AOL

Will Oregon Vote to Ban Hunting and Fishing?

Hand of a person casting a vote into the ballot box during elections© roibu/Shutterstock.com Oregonians may have a crucial, controversial vote to make in November of 2026. Initiative Petition 28 (IP28 ...
The World

Oregon to see nearly $30 million for wildlife and sport fish restoration

Oregon will receive $29,680,565 in federal funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to support Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration (WSFR) projects around the state. “These Federal ...