Zach Urness
Outdoors Writer at Statesman Journal
Co-Host at Explore Oregon Podcast
I cover Oregon's outdoors for @Salem_Statesman and @USATODAY. Environment/recreation/public lands. Explore Oregon Podcast. Best Hikes w/kids Oregon. Girl dad.
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5 days ago |
statesmanjournal.com | Zach Urness
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness covers a range of outdoors news, including why this is the last summer to swim, fish or take a boat tour at Crater Lake National Park until 2029. Urness also talks about:Why this was a very good but also tragic ski season in Oregon. Oregon set a record for visits to its state parks system. The state is completely drought-free for the first time since 2019.
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1 week ago |
eu.registerguard.com | Zach Urness
Steve Kruger has a simple message for anyone that hikes in Oregon: it’s time to step up and support the state’s trails. The executive director of Trailkeepers of Oregon, a nonprofit that maintains trails across the state, said a triple hit of federal funding cuts, freezes and layoffs will make it difficult to keep pathways clear this coming summer and beyond.
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1 week ago |
statesmanjournal.com | Zach Urness
Steve Kruger has a simple message for anyone that hikes in Oregon: it’s time to step up and support the state’s trails. The executive director of Trailkeepers of Oregon, a nonprofit that maintains trails across the state, said a triple hit of federal funding cuts, freezes and layoffs will make it difficult to keep pathways clear this coming summer and beyond.
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1 week ago |
statesmanjournal.com | Zach Urness
In this episode of the Explore Oregon Podcast, host Zach Urness talks about Oregon's wildflower hotspots and the best times to see them with expert Greg Lief. Lief, who runs the website OregonWildflowers.org and the Facebook group Oregon Wildflowers, talks about some of Oregon's most interesting blooms and the best times to visit places such as the Columbia Gorge, Old Cascades, Coast Range and eastern Oregon to find the best of nature's fireworks display.
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1 week ago |
statesmanjournal.com | Zach Urness
Oregon’s weather turns warm and sunny this week, but it may not last into the holiday weekend. Temperatures in the Willamette Valley are forecast to stay warm most of the week, with highs in the upper 60 and 70. April 18 appears likely to be the week’s warmest day, with a 10-30% chance of it reaching 80 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Portland. The average high temperature for this time of year is about 62 degrees in the Willamette Valley.
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Trailkeepers of Oregon executive director Steve Kruger talks about the group's mission and how federal cuts and a funding freeze could make it difficult to maintain hiking trails and recreation facilities this summer and in future years: https://t.co/NioVsYmveF https://t.co/ubEamEksci
Really, really tragic situation — every parent's nightmare honestly — that happened yesterday at Mt. Bachelor. https://t.co/GUxVAkimTU via @salem_statesman
Salem budget crunch showed its teeth this week as cuts come to parks, the library and other services amid a worsening budget shortfall. https://t.co/42pgeBdgbR