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From January 2 to February 11, 2016, the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) in eastern Oregon were seized and occupied by an armed group, later called Citizens for Constitutional Freedom, affiliated with private U.S. militias and the sovereign citizen movement following an earlier peaceful march in protest of the prison sentences for ranchers Dwight Hammond and his son ...
On January 15, the Oregon State Police made the first arrest of a militant since the occupation began. 62-year-old Kenneth Medenbach, of Crescent, Oregon, was apprehended at the Safeway in Burns while driving a government vehicle stolen from the refuge headquarters; a second vehicle stolen from the refuge was also recovered at the scene. Both ...
The Oregon State Police began operating on August 1, 1931. The organization was designed by a committee appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier, [5] who made a survey of some of the most successful state law enforcement agencies across North America, including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the New Jersey State Police, the Texas Rangers, the Pennsylvania State Police, and others.
A $50,000 reward is available for any information that leads to an arrest in the deaths of three endangered gray wolves in Oregon, officials announced.. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said in ...
Oregon's Department of Fish & Wildlife says the maximum civil penalty for illegally taking one Chinook salmon is $750 in the state, but courts can multiply that for each fish, meaning Heckaworth's ...
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will hold webinars and a public meeting on charting a sustainable future for state fish hatcheries.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) is a government agency of the U.S. state of Oregon responsible for programs protecting Oregon fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. [1] The agency operates hatcheries, issues hunting and angling licenses, advises on habitat protection, and sponsors public education programs.
Millions have been raised in opposition of the measure which would raise taxes on some corporations and distribute the money to every Oregonian.