When the clock struck midnight on the first day of 2026, a stack of new fishing rules quietly flipped... The post Midnight ...

To offer a sense of the stories written by our local, feet-on-ground reporters in the past year, we wanted to share the list ...

New permits will be required to paddle boats while fishing, hunting and visiting state parks will be more expensive in 2026.

At least four humpback whales were entangled this year in Oregon commercial Dungeness crab fishing gear, according to ODFW.

In 2025, the Statesman Journal outdoors team wrote about fascinating people and traveled to stunning places. Here's our 10 ...

Oregon attorneys say the Trump administration is skirting environmental regulations which would require notice to create such ...

Hunters and anglers have plenty in store as the holiday season pulls us kicking, screaming and clapping across yet another annual threshold into 2026.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Conservationists are asking the state to take action after a whale became tangled in crab gear and had to be euthanized on the Oregon Coast last month. The groups formally ...

Most Pennsylvania fishing license holders reside in the state's urban southeastern and southwestern regions. The number of women participating in fishing is increasing annually, supported by ...

An invasive freshwater crab species that can cause erosion problems and damage flood control as well as threaten native crab species in Oregon was captured in a river in mid-November, sparking concern ...

Some residents in Newport, Ore., believed that the Trump administration had removed its Coast Guard rescue helicopter to make way for an immigration detention site. By Anna Griffin The Trump ...

CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. — At 8 a.m. on a Friday in late November, troopers from the Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division parked off Highway 26 in the Clatsop State Forest, among the mountains ...