Presidents can designate national monuments unilaterally. But as WW reported last year, Oregon’s senior Democratic U.S. Sen.

150+ miles of a federally designated Wild & Scenic River ... yet the Owyhee Canyonlands is a welcoming and must-see adventure. Just a few miles from the Idaho border, this is Oregon’s last ...

People who don’t live in Southeast Oregon are pushing hard for a national ... for the Owyhee Act includes the Mary Gautreaux Owyhee River Canyon Wilderness in honor of a woman deeply committed ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee ... Owyhee River fish face challenges from poorly preserved riparian areas and cattle grazing. The latest iteration of the bill was proposed in 2023 by Oregon ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through ... canyonlands and a 15-mile stretch of the Owyhee River under the protection of the National Wilderness ...

The canyon harbors the Owyhee River that runs out of the state of Idaho into Oregon, runs about 200 miles, including its tributaries to the north, and eventually runs into the Snake River.

Protecting these snails would also protect the Owyhee River in Oregon’s high desert, the Center notes. The Owyhee Canyonlands, often referred to as Oregon’s Grand Canyon, were proposed for a federal ...

The U.S. Senate’s passage of the Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness bill ... Senate Bill 1890 would protect more than 1 million acres in Eastern Oregon as wilderness and add flexibility to grazing ...

The Owyhee Canyonlands ... Owyhee River fish face challenges from poorly preserved riparian areas and cattle grazing. The latest iteration of the bill was proposed in 2023 by Oregon’s U.S ...

The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch Tuff, which is rhyolite ash that erupted 15.5 million years ago. (Bob Bush/Getty Images) A proposal to protect the ...