KTVZ

To protect deer and elk habitat, Deschutes National Forest wildlife winter range closures begin next week

Four annual winter range closures take effect next Monday across the Deschutes National Forest to provide critical habitat ...
The Source Weekly

Wildlife Winter Range Closures in the Deschutes National Forest Start Dec. 1

Starting Monday, December 1, four winter range closures take effect across the Deschutes National Forest to provide critical ...
The Bulletin

Elk population continues to grow, wreak havoc for Oregon Coast communities

Elk stroll across U.S. Highway 101 near Cannon Beach in this 2021 photo. Warrenton and other communities continue to look for ways to reduce the elk population. Millions of elk used to roam North ...

Oregon hunters urged to test elk for Chronic Wasting Disease

The disease has impacted elk and deer populations in surrounding states, but no cases of CWD have been reported in Oregon.

Almost half of Oregon elk population carries advantageous genetic variant against chronic wasting disease, study shows

Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the ...
KTVZ

ODFW’s Chronic Wasting Disease check stations a required stop for hunters transporting deer or elk, to keep it out of state

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is reminding hunters that Chronic Wasting Disease check stations, including one in Prineville, are mandatory to stop at if you pass one ...