The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has applied for permits to kill up to 500 ravens a year in Baker County over a three-year period. ODFW is justifying this lethal control action on the belief that killing ravens will help declining local populations of Greater Sage-Grouse.
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These archives show the evolution of our organization, including our logo. Hidden among wildlife photos by William Finley and Herman Bohlman, and paintings by R. Bruce Horsfall, one particular slide stands out: a painting of a Rufous Hummingbird encircled by the words “Oregon Audubon Society.” This early logo, hand-drawn by Horsfall, dates back to at least 1919.
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Portland Audubon Summer Camps take your child on a journey that they will remember for a lifetime.
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Over the past year, the Wildlife Care Center took in over 3,100 patients of 160 different species. These animals came to us for many different reasons, from a young barn owl who fell into motor oil to a little brown bat stuck in a glue trap.
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This time of year, as migratory birds traverse hundreds of miles, window strikes are an unfortunate yet common occurrence often resulting in injury or death to the winged creatures.
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Voters overwhelmingly passed the Portland Clean Energy Initiative, Honest Elections, and the Metro Affordable Housing Measure and strongly rejected Measure 105 which would have repealed Oregon’s anti-profiling law.
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Portland Audubon’s Board of Directors has taken positions on four November ballot measures, positions that reflect Portland Audubon’s commitment to building complete, healthy, sustainable communities.
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During my last few years of high school, while living in rural Roxbury, Connecticut, I did not have what most people would consider a typical social life. I’ve been legally blind since early childhood, and as a teenager, I felt lonely and isolated.
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The suburbs of south east Portland, where I grew up, was a mixing pot of people that came in different shapes, sizes, abilities, colors, and cultures. I went to a high school where we embraced our varying backgrounds.
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It was a serene Tuesday morning like any other on beautiful Scappoose Bay, home to waterfowl, raptors and water-loving humans out kayaking, paddle-boarding and fishing.
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