2002

 Historic Black Butte Fire Tower Falls  After 65 years, the lookout tower had become a part of the landscape, a point of reference for pilots, hikers, hunters and others.  Then, suddenly, it was gone

EPA study confirms fish consumed by Indians is indeed contaminated   GRANTS PASS - A study by the Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed what Columbia Basin Indians have long suspected: the fish they depend on for food are still contaminated by pesticides and industrial pollutants.

Rare catch! Fishing crew lands albino crab - twice  The odds were about as good as the Patriots winning the Super Bowl and just like the New England world champions, a local fishing crew hit the long-shot - twice.

Army Corps uncorks Cougar Dam's plug   BLUE RIVER: A huge white spray was followed by muddy waters when dynamiters blew out a concrete plug at the base of Cougar Dam on Saturday.

Klamath Basin Dispute
Panel’s report challenged   Career researchers of Basin fish dispute National Academy of Sciences MEDFORD — Scientists who have made a career of studying fish in the Klamath River Basin staunchly defended their work Thursday in comments made to a committee of the National Academy of Sciences.

Climbers Approaching Peak Season  “Because it is there!” is the most famous phrase in mountaineering, a response by the late George Leigh Mallory when English journalists pressed him for the reasons impelling him to be the first to scale Mt. Everest.  Mallory died in his 1924 attempt (his body was only recently recovered by an American expedition), but his words live on and still serve as a valid reason for alpine venturing.

2001

Animals 

The Duck Hunter   In those days, boys had guns and when the fall rains swept across the Pacific Northwest, we would begin to talk about the hunting prospects

Building a Muzzleloader  Wherein a gentlemen from the About.com family sets off to construct the legendary Hawkin rifle made known to the general public in the film Jeremiah Johnson.

Bighorns are on the move
Cougar shot near Lava Butte

Fish 

October's the time for Tillamook Bay Chinooks
Salmon Slide
Screen saves thousands of redband trout
Shark attack still haunting 22 years later
Last year's bass
Crane Prairie Bass
Record Hagg Lake Bass

Misc.

Underwater photographers explore California's kelp forests  by Rick Swart  of the Wallowa  County Chieftain  The anticipation is palpable as the last of 38 divers wheel their bags full of gear up the ramp to the 88-foot Vision, which is moored at the pier in front of Truth Aquatics in Santa Barbara, Calif.  At the stroke of midnight, Captain James Hrbach fires up the twin diesel engines and steers the proud vessel toward Santa Catalina Island 78 miles to the south. 

Fish biologist hooked on Sister   After years of protecting fish habitat in the Metolius River Basin, Mike Riehle has landed a well-deserved promotion as Supervisory Fisheries Biologist for the Sisters Ranger District

Winter Trout Streamse

Corps study opposes breaching
Dive Knives
Garibaldi crew salvages remains of epic-journey boat
Coast Guard back on duty in Florence
Beacon could save your bacon
Walking on Snow 
Boarders catch big air at Mount Bachelor
Snowmobile crash kills one
Snowmobiles causing damage at Crescent dam