VALE — Close your eyes and imagine a place so grand it makes you feel small compared to the size of the thick, rocky walls that surround you. You can almost feel everything that happened before you to ...

The Owyhee Canyonlands is a place that radiates with magic. Here, ancient lava rock erodes into honeycombs and lush sagebrush blooms from gnarled branches. Mysterious thundereggs and agates can be ...

Fall invites adventure in the rugged Owyhee Canyonlands, where beauty meets the challenge of remote terrain, no cell service, ...

Recently, I attended a showing of the documentary Into the Canyon. It is the story of two men hiking the length of the Grand Canyon to raise awareness of ongoing threats to the canyon despite its ...

It’s been a busy week for outdoors and environment news across Oregon and the Northwest. Here’s a roundup of some of the biggest news this week. Legislation to protect southeast Oregon’s Owyhee River ...

A wilderness designation is the right way to protect the Owyhee River corridor, writes guest columnist Zachary Collier. (Courtesy of Zachary Collier) As President Joe Biden leaves office, a flurry of ...

Kotek wants the Biden administration to designate the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon a national monument if Congress won’t vote to protect it Undated photo of the Owyhee Canyonlands in ...

Crews had the 2,812-acre River Fire in southeast Oregon about 75% contained early July 12, according to U.S. Bureau of Land Management Vale District officials. When the fire will be controlled has not ...

The Owyhee Canyonlands are in remote southeastern Oregon and include Leslie Gulch Tuff, which is rhyolite ash that erupted 15.5 million years ago. (Bob Bush/Getty Images) A proposal to protect the ...