Native Americans on Oregon’s north coast were pushed out of their ancestral home by white settlers more than a century ago. But a local land trust recently decided it’s not too late to give some of that land back. In a historic land transfer, members of the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes were reunited with 18 acres of their homeland in Seaside.

A high country pack trip with mules in the Wallowas. Oregon Field Guide photographer Michael Bendixen found one man who offers travelers a different way to travel in the backcountry, and his pack mules are part of a long Oregon tradition.

Scenes from the newly created Klickitat Canyon Conservation Area. Shot on land set aside by the Columbia Land Trust. Oregon Field Guide photographer Brandon Swanson brings you a photo essay from Washington’s stunning Klickitat Canyon. Filmed in fall 2020.

Tim Palmer has canoed, rafted and kayaked nearly every major river in Oregon. Profile of author and river lover, Tim Palmer, publisher of “Field Guide to Oregon Rivers”. A meditation on rivers for everyone.

Not only is lavender one of the loveliest and most fragrant flowers, it’s also one of the most useful. In August, lavender on Oregon’s farms is in the height of its purple glory. And with Mount Hood crowning the horizon, Lavender Valley Farm in Parkdale is especially scenic.

A photo essay on riffles in the sand. Just a moment at the beach, watch the water make riffles in the sand.

Marbled murrelets have long been a mystery to science. But now their survival, as well as the fate of millions of acres of coastal forests, depends on discovering what these seabirds need to survive.

Sea otters have disappeared twice from Oregon: first in the fur trade, and then again after a failed reintroduction in the 1970s. What have we learned, and will will sea otters ever return to the Oregon Coast?

Wild salmon in the Columbia River are struggling to survive. Meanwhile, hatchery salmon produced for fishermen to catch are swimming right alongside them. What’s the best way to catch those hatchery fish while protecting as many wild salmon as possible. One fisherman says he has the answer.

Climbers, ultra runners, and hikers revel in the first weekend after Smith Rock State Park reopens, some finding that weeks of being cooped up from COVID's quarantine has made scaling sheer walls of rock even more relevant as a way to face down fear.

Klamath fish biologist take a look at Mare's Eggs, a unique algae that grow around natural springs in Upper Klamath Lake.

For the past 15 years, Lexie Hallahan has been sharing her love of surfing with women on the Oregon Coast. Each summer, she offers her unique women's surf camp to inspire and empower a "sisterhood of surfing."

The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot of things in Oregon, but not the chance of a catastrophic wildfire. That means these firefighters can’t just stay home to avoid COVID-19. We came down to Southern Oregon to find out how you defend against a wildfire and a pandemic at the same time.

After more than a century, an isolated population of endangered bull trout in Crater Lake National Park is finally reconnected to the rest of their original range. To do that, scientists and conservationists re-created a stream that had been redirected for irrigation more than a century ago.

In the late 1950s, the state unintentionally eradicated a unique lamprey species. Or so they thought. After the rediscovery of the fish in the 1990s, a decades-long rehabilitation effort is underway – led by a loose collection of biologists, retirees and students.

Dragon boat racing is a popular Portland pastime. But one team, all clad in bright pink, stands out. Meet the women of Pink Phoenix, America’s first breast-cancer survivor dragon boat team.

In 2016, we introduced you to an isolated population of American pika living in the Columbia River Gorge. When the Eagle Creek Fire swept through in 2017, about half of those pika colonies seem to have been wiped out. Three years on, the impossibly cute critters seem to be making a comeback… or are they?

Every Mother's Day, hundreds of folks climb Mt. St Helens--in dresses. It is a beloved colorful annual tradition, but few know about the inspiring woman who started it, and blazed a trail for other women in the mountains.

A photo essay of beautiful Spirit Lake at Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument.

It’s been more than 3 decades now since Mount St. Helens erupted. One of the first animals to return to that landscape were elk. But they didn’t find much food. And since they can roam for miles, they left for better territory. We last reported on the vvolcano’s elk herds more than 20 years ago. Since then, life has returned to the volcano and so have the elk – in huge numbers.