KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on April 22: The Bureau of Reclamation released the Interim Operating Procedures and 2020 Operations Plan for the Klamath Project. The Klamath Project delivers irrigation water to approximately 230,000 acres in southern Oregon and northern California. The annual Operations Plan is based upon the expected hydrologic conditions from the April 1, 2020 Natural Resources C  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, April 25 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following story: In 2019, entanglement reporting on the U.S. West Coast continued to be higher than what had occurred historically prior to 2014, although fewer reports were received than in some of the recent record high years. A total of 26 whales were confirmed entangled off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California in 2019. Similar to recent years, humpback whales continue to be the   more

PENDLETON, Oregon, April 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Umatilla National Forest - issued the following news release: The Umatilla National Forest will begin invasive plant treatments in late April using an integrated approach of prevention, manual, mechanical, herbicide, biological control and cultural treatments to reduce the risk of invasive species expanding on the forest. Treatments are expected to continue through October. Treating invasive plants   more