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Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issues

Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issues

著者： Zach Urness / Statesman Journal
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 Everything to know about exploring Oregon's best outdoor destinations from the Statesman Journal including where to camp, hike, bike and more.All rights reserved 科学
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  • Spectacular Abiqua Falls is for sale. What to know about the effort to preserve it

    Spectacular Abiqua Falls is for sale. What to know about the effort to preserve it
    2026/02/11
    In this episode, host Zach Urness dives into the sale of 92-foot Abiqua Falls and the effort to preserve it as a new park. Urness talks with outdoors writer and author Adam Sawyer about what makes Abiqua Falls so special and the unique space it's occupied in becoming one of the state's most loved places. They also talk about the waterfall going up for sale and concerns that brings. Then Urness talks with Travis Williams, executive director of the Willamette Preservation Trust, about efforts by the Oregon Legislature to purchase the waterfall and combine it with other nearby land to create a new recreation site.
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    39 分
  • Repost: How the McKenzie River Drift Boat became world famous

    Repost: How the McKenzie River Drift Boat became world famous
    2026/02/03
    In this reposted episode, host Zach Urness talks with Randy Dersham, director of the documentary film "Oregon's Boat." The film, which won the award for Best Feature at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival, is now available to watch for free on YouTube or at the film's website. Dersham describes the evolution of one of the world's most famous boats — the McKenzie River Drift Boat — that took place in Eugene and on the McKenzie River. The boat evolved under a series of colorful fishing guides, woodworkers and adventurers to become the ideal boat for navigating whitewater rivers across the West.
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    55 分
  • What outdoors bills are coming to the Oregon Legislature in 2026? Wildlife, liability, permits

    What outdoors bills are coming to the Oregon Legislature in 2026? Wildlife, liability, permits
    2026/01/27
    In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness previews the upcoming Oregon legislative session and outdoor-related bills that will be considered this February. Topics include: - A potential legal fix to the lawsuit and affordability crisis facing ski areas and outfitters and guides. Pete Wallstorm with the Oregon Outfitters and Guides Association details why the issue has become such a big deal. - An increase to the Oregon hotel tax to fund wildlife conservation — the so-called 1.25% for wildlife. - The practice of "corner crossing" to access public lands sometimes cut off by private land - An effort to reduce the number of people who need to purchase Waterway Access Permits to float small boats on rivers and lakes - Gov. Tina Kotek nominated Kacey KC to become lead the embattled Oregon Department of Forestry. She'll need to be confirmed by the Oregon Senate this February. - Oregon's ski areas are struggling to stay open amid the worst snow season in Oregon since 2015, and it's not expected to get any easier.
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    24 分
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