(Update: Attorney explains why judge’s decision is preliminary, not final) It’s not a final ruling, but a preliminary decision by a federal judge in Pendleton gave environmental groups, hunters and ...

PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A proposed mountain bike trail project in the Ochoco Mountains northeast of Prineville is facing some opposition from a citizens group calling itself "Don't Bend Prineville.

Believe it or not, it’s hunting season. For many people, the fall hunt is about getting outside with friends and family, listening to elk bugle, watching the leaves turn and even cheering on the first ...

Steins Pillar (left) in the Ochoco National Forest and a backpacking camp (right) on Mount St. Helens, with view of Mount Adams in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. (Terry Richard/Staff) Gifford ...

After years of preparation, the Ochoco National Forest approved a controversial plan to implement nearly 140 miles of trails for off-highway motorized vehicles over the next few years. However, ...

(Photos by Gabriel Amadeus) Please join us in welcoming this special contribution from Portland-based graphic designer, tall bike builder, photographer and consummate adventurer Gabriel Amadeus.

07:50 a.m. PST | Ochoco Mountains, Oregon – The Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap is a complete sham. Sure, on paper the 318 turns over 11 miles of tarmac sounds tantalizing, but in reality it’s one of ...

Hurray for Central Oregon Land Watch and Oregon Wild for suing the Ochoco National Forest over its proposed Black Mountain Vegetation Management Project near Big Prairie. As is typical of the Forest ...

Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Vol. 4, No. 1 (29 JULY 2010), pp. 7-11 (5 pages) Lomatium ochocense, a low acaulescent species with a tuberous taproot, is described from the ...

It was 10 degrees below zero when we reached the end of the road in the Ochoco Mountains. The challenge of the day was to pursue mountain bobcats with hound dogs. Before the trip was over, I would be ...

Only a few miles down the Twin Pillars Trail, deep in the Mill Creek Wilderness, the fire damage immediately became clear. The pine forest with the clear trickling stream suddenly gave way to a ...