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Amid Blowback, Gov. Kate Brown Says She Opposes Removal of Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List

Gov. Kate Brown today pulled back Oregon’s support of delisting the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list.

Congressman Calls Oregon’s Support of Removing Gray Wolf From Endangered Species Act a “Death Sentence”

U.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) today sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown and the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission condemning support from the state’s top wildlife official to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list.

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Oregon On Board With Federal Plan to Remove Gray Wolf From Endangered Species List

On Thursday, May 9, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s director, Curtis Melcher, sent a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service in support of the agency’s proposal to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list.

Boat Catches Fire Off Oregon Coast, Wreck Washes Ashore on Beach Home to Threatened Birds

Wreckage of the fishing boat that caught fire off the coast in southern Oregon washed ashore Thursday near the nesting site of a threatened shorebird.

Rep. Earl Blumenauer to Attend Portland Rally Against Removal of Gray Wolf From Endangered Species List

On March 6, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, under newly appointed Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, announced plans to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list.

Inmates at Oregon’s Women’s Prison Help Return Rare and Endangered Butterfly Species to Wild

Inmates at Oregon’s Coffee Creek Correctional facility released nearly 750 endangered butterflies into the wild this week, for the second time ever in Oregon.

A Portland Nonprofit Is Investigating Why Monarch Butterflies Are Vanishing

The western monarch butterfly population has declined 99.4 percent since 1980. Last November, volunteers with Xerces Society, a Portland invertebrate conservation group, counted 28,429 monarchs at wintering sites along the coast of California.

The Oregon Zoo Plans to Release a Record Number of Endangered Butterflies Into the Wild This Month

The 5,398 larvae, according to a release from the zoo Friday, were recently roused from winter dormancy and are now “very hungry caterpillars.”

Aquarium Asks Oregonians to Report Sea Turtles They Find Washing up Along the Coast

This winter, the Oregon Coast Aquarium is asking residents to help keep an eye out for the stranded endangered animals so that they can be rehabilitated.

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