ALSEA, Ore. — At long last, winter has given way to a sun-filled weekend and it’s about time! It’s time for “getting away from it all,” and it’s easier than you’d think for early spring wildflowers, ...

ALSEA, Ore. — It’s the trails less traveled that I like to explore, and at the southern end of the Willamette Valley there is a dandy – marked by spring wildflowers, gorgeous forested scenery and a ...

ALSEA — On a cool Monday morning in the Coast Range an excavator lodged in what seemed an impossible spot deftly set down massive Douglas fir logs into a creek bed to preserve fish habitat. It was a ...

ALSEA - Got fish? The Alsea River certainly does this year, especially salmon. Adult wild coho numbers are at their greatest since 1990 in the Alsea, and adult chinook spawners are at the highest ever ...

Terry Legler of Shedd shows a winter steelhead he caught Jan. 14 on the Alsea River about five miles west of Alsea. Legler and friend Dave Pearce of Albany returned to a spot along the bank where they ...

As the seasons shift and the weather continues to warm, you may be starting to plan out the hikes you hope to go on this spring and summer. To make it easy for you, the local conservation group Oregon ...

Oregon’s environmental regulator has fined the state Department of Fish and Wildlife nearly $17,000 after managers at a fish hatchery in Benton County made no effort to keep silt from entering the ...

ALSEA, Ore. (AP) — On a cool Monday morning in the Coast Range an excavator lodged in what seemed an impossible spot deftly set down massive Douglas fir logs into a creek bed to preserve fish habitat.