NORTH OF GRAND RAPIDS - For Tom Chapin, this late November day was the one he anticipates more than any other among his outdoor pursuits. More than the fishing opener. More than any hunting season ...

UPDATE (Jan. 4, 2 p.m. PT) — The Humboldt marten is in line to get new protections in Oregon. State fish and wildlife officials signed a court settlement Wednesday that calls for new rule-making to ...

Oregon officials have voted to ban the trapping of the rare Humboldt marten along the southern coast. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 Friday to set new rules that ban Humboldt marten ...

Conservation Officer Darrin Kittelson (International Falls 1) reports the trapping season for bobcats, pine martens and fishers opened this past weekend, which brought a few people into the woods.

FILE - This Oct. 8, 2015 remote camera file photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a rare coastal Pacific marten in the Oregon Dunes in the Siuslaw National Forest, Ore. The ...

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...

Humboldt martens, the adorable but ferocious critters who live in Northern California and southern Oregon coastal areas, could see greater protections after Oregon took the first steps to consider a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A cat-sized creature in Oregon's coastal forests that's so rare it was once thought to be extinct can no longer be hunted, trapped or collected as roadkill under new rules that ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition from conservation groups, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 late Friday to protect Humboldt martens from trapping. Fewer than 200 of the ...

The Humboldt marten is in line to get new protections in Oregon. State fish and wildlife officials signed a court settlement Wednesday that calls for new rule-making to ban trapping of this imperiled, ...

A rare coastal Pacific marten in the Oregon Dunes in the Siuslaw National Forest, Ore. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to ban the trapping of the extremely rare cat-like creature in ...