A look back at the stories that made the news in the Blue Mountain eagle in 2023.
This month-by-month retrospective covers a wide range of topics, from rodeo queens to fighting bulls, political tussles to acts of charity, the Grant County Fair to the Blue Mountain Hospital.
Some loggers headed in to cut down trees in the Blue Mountains may soon be prioritizing habitat over board feet. That’s because Blue Mountain Forest Partners, a group of stakeholders including loggers, environmentalists, ranchers, landowners, timber industry representatives, elected officials and federal land managers, has just finalized a new draft of what’s called a wildlife habitat zone of agreement. The plan takes a wildlife-centric perspective to forest management, trying to address habitat needs of species when considering which trees to cut.
The Oregon Department of Forestry is proposing to raise the cost of fire protection for private landowners in its Central Oregon District in a move some local ranchers say would
JOHN DAY — The Grant County Soil and Water Conservation District has been awarded nearly $10 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to help lower wildfire risk in the