The measure is expected to bring in roughly $37 million per year by raising the state’s lodging tax from 1.5% to 2.75%.

The bill passed with bipartisan support, despite fierce resistance from the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association and other business groups.

House Bill 4134 would raise Oregon’s lodging tax by 1.25% to generate $38 million per year to fund nine wildlife programs.

Increasing the tax would “create an important source of dedicated funding to sustain our wildlife, wildland, and recreation ...

Oregon lawmakers have advanced a bill to boost funding for wildlife conservation efforts and help protect the state’s most imperiled species. House Bill 4134, also known as the 1.25 Percent for ...

Wildlife managers must calculate specific statewide bag limits to ensure an animal’s annual growth never tips into a permanent decline. Age ratios and population numbers that traverse states are only ...

In all of Oregon’s natural areas, this would be a first. A proposed wildlife area in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon would be co-managed by state officials and the Confederated Tribes of the ...

On Thursday, supporters of House Bill 4134 told members of a state Senate committee that Oregon's tourism industry relies heavily on our wildlife and environment, so it makes sense that an increase ...

Hand of a person casting a vote into the ballot box during elections© roibu/Shutterstock.com Oregonians may have a crucial, controversial vote to make in November of 2026. Initiative Petition 28 (IP28 ...

A female wildlife biologist setting a camera trap in the forest© AlvaroGO/Shutterstock.com Hunting limits aren’t arbitrary—they‘re determined using highly specific data points. They are determined on ...

Oregon has a long history of unsuccessfully trying to eradicate invasive species. The state came within one day of announcing it was free of feral swine in 2022. But then another wild pig appeared.