and is designated as “protected lands with wilderness characteristics.” This overview map shows the areas proposed for the Owyhee Canyonlands National Monument in Oregon. Tribes have ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through Congress at the end of the year but ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeast Oregon did not make it through Congress at the end of the year but members of Oregon’s delegation said they’ll try anew in 2025. The proposed ...

As President Joe Biden leaves office, a flurry of conservation groups are convincing him to invoke the Antiquities Act to designate national monuments. The original intent of the Antiquities Act ...

The U.S. Senate's passage of the Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness bill leaves advocates optimistic that protections can be enacted in 2025. The Senate by unanimous consent Dec. 20 passed a bill ...

A proposal to protect the Owyhee Canyonlands ... public land in the canyonlands and a 15-mile stretch of the Owyhee River under the protection of the National Wilderness Preservation System ...

“The Owyhee Canyonlands is the largest conservation opportunity in the American West with millions of acres of wilderness quality lands and hundreds of miles of rivers and streams,” wrote the ...

(KOIN) – In a bipartisan effort, Oregon lawmakers are vowing to continue pushing for federal protection of Eastern Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands ... get an acre of wilderness, an ounce of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A bill introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) to add federal protections to Eastern Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands passed the Senate — creating a pathway to pass ...