Baker County

On Thursday, the USDA awarded $502 million in loans and grants to provide high-speed internet access for rural residents and businesses in 20 states.  USDA is making the investments through the third funding round of the ReConnect Program.   ...

Investigators in Oregon are asking for your help trying to find the person or persons responsible for the shooting and killing of a wolf in the Pine Creek Wildlife Management Unit in Baker County.  On Friday, August 5th, Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife troopers received information from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife that a collared wolf, OR112, may be dead at a location just of

A nearly $100 thousand federal grant aimed at helping farmers and ranchers find new ways to stop wolves from killing their livestock is coming to Oregon.  Elli Gage, with Western Landowners Alliance, said preventing depredations is difficult because wolves are very intelligent. “...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was called out to a trio of injured calves founds in the Daly Creek area of Baker County Monday. The three, weighing between 150-250 pounds, were in a 3,000-acre pasture that consists of both public and private lands ...

On Friday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought in Baker, Douglas, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties. The declaration directs state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. "Baker, Douglas, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties are facing historic challenges from drought conditions that are creating hardships for the people, farms, ranches, communities, and ecosystems of

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators were called to a depredation in the Balm Creek area of Baker County over the weekend. On Saturday morning, 05/07/22, a livestock producer found an injured calf while moving cattle in a 1000-acre public land allotment ...

After a bit of a lull, wolf depredations have picked up in Oregon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to a pair of depredations in Baker County Monday May 2nd. The first case occurred after a livestock producer found two injured calves while on privately-owned pastureland near the town of Richland ...

According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a herding dog was killed over the weekend by pack of wolves. Investigators were called to the Middle Bridge Loop area Sunday morning, after a livestock producers reported that his 40-pound Kelpie herding dog has been killed roughly 150 yards from their house ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that three more wolves from the Lookout Mountain pack in Baker County were killed. ODFW said one yearling and two 6-month-old juveniles were killed during a recent helicopter flight ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the Lookout Mountain Pack is responsible for a depredation discovered over the weekend. On Saturday morning, a 400 pound, five month old calf was found dead on private pastureland in the Manning Creek area ...