Mar 23, 2009 | The Oregonian
BLM closes Oregon's Snively Hot Springs at night
Snively Hot Springs, a popular rustic hot pool on the Owyhee River, is being closed at night by the Bureau of Land Management, Vale Dsitrict , while a plan for recreation on the river below Owyhee Dam is written.
Senate again passes bill to expand wilderness
Thu, Mar 19, 2009 For the second time this year, the Senate has passed a long-delayed bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness, from a California mountain range to a forest in Virginia.
Indian Gambling Compact Considered
The administrator of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, based in Owyhee on the Nevada-Idaho border, is taking steps to get a gambling compact with the state of Nevada.