The Great Outdoors – Updated

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▶️ The Great Outdoors: Fishing for bull trout at Lake Billy Chinook

March 8, 2023

Haystack Reservoir TGO

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Why Haystack Reservoir was drained

March 1, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Free snowshoe tours at Mt. Bachelor

February 22, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Adaptive winter sports

February 15, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Choral Concert in a Cave

February 8, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: How to explore Smith Rock during footbridge closure

February 1, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Dangers of trapping season and how to free a trapped pet

January 25, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Rescued bald eagle finds new purpose with Yakama Nation

January 18, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Bird Count pairs experienced watchers with newbies

January 11, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Off-roading with the Deschutes Co. 4 Wheelers Club

January 4, 2023

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Avalanche dangers in Central Oregon

December 27, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: COCC’s Physiology Lab can test your conditioning

December 21, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Snowshoe with a Ranger tours

December 14, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Ice fishing in Klamath County

December 6, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Grooming Virginia Meissner Sno-Park

November 30, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Winter range closures help wildlife thrive

November 23, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: High Desert drought helping effort to remove carp

November 16, 2022

▶️The Great Outdoors: The reason behind pile burning season

November 9, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Mt. Bachelor’s ‘Uphill Travel’ policy

November 2, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: The Central Oregon Trail Alliance

October 26, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Leaf Peepin’ in Central Oregon

October 20, 2022

Dispersing rotenone in Heart Lake

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Using plant-based chemicals to kill invasive catfish

October 5, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Hart Mountain Bighorn Sheep populations crash

September 21, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Removing invasive fish species from Crane Prairie

September 14, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: OSU ‘firebrands’ study examines vegetation embers threat

September 6, 2022

▶️ Wakeboard Boats: Heavy on fun for a new breed of surfers

August 31, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Cultus Lake jet skis have unique GPS safety feature

August 17, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Senior Fishing Derby at Walton Lake

August 10, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Central Oregon Youth Conservation Corps

August 3, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Low water, high temps threaten Crooked River fish

July 27, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Bend teen heading to World Fly Fishing Championships

July 20, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Gravel rides made easy with e-bikes

July 13, 2022

Whitewater river rafting

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Going to rafting guide school

July 6, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Sturgeon fishing on the Columbia River

June 29, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Wolves in the Metolius Basin

June 22, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Don’t ‘rescue’ baby animals you see alone in the wild

June 15, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: ‘Let’s Pull Together’

June 1, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Entangled wildlife a growing problem in Central Oregon

May 11, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Crooked River restoration begins by inviting beavers

May 5, 2022

▶️The Great Outdoors: Reel Rock Film Festival 2022

April 22, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: China Hat Road Cleanup

April 6, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Slow flows at the Metolius River headwaters

March 23, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Robins abundant this winter in Central Oregon

March 9, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Reliable fishing holes hit hard by drought

February 16, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Bend angler gets hall pass, hooks record whitefish

January 26, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Hunting rules in Oregon State Parks

January 6, 2022

▶️ The Great Outdoors: New trails, parking & more planned for Smith Rock

December 22, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Young bird hunters hone skills with help from OHA

December 15, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: ‘Firewood fairies’ busy stocking Meissner shelters

December 7, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Malheur Reservoir is a great catch for anglers

November 24, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Oregon cowboy documentary ready for the big screen

October 27, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Suttle Lake – A year-round gem of Sisters Country

October 20, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Trooper Buck and his nose for poachers

October 6, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Salmon return to the Metolius River

September 29, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Entangled wildlife a growing problem in Central Oregon

September 16, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: The ‘Fossil’ of the Pacific Crest Trail

September 8, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: New river conditions lead to new fly fishing tactics

September 1, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Mt. Bachelor Gravity Series mountain bike races

August 25, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: 3D Archery

August 18, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Bass fishing on the John Day River

August 11, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Drought impacts on Bend’s whitewater park

August 4, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Bird watching at the Hatfield Lakes

July 21, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Spring Chinook Fishing on the Willamette River

July 15, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Wilderness permits look to reduce trail-use impacts

July 6, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Sunriver Trail Rides

June 23, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Drought impacts on summer water recreation

June 9, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Tracking the fish population at Wickiup Reservoir

June 2, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: The science behind prescribed burns

May 19, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Spring skiing at Mt. Bachelor

May 5, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: No limit trout fishing at Chickahominy Reservoir

April 28, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Busy beavers helping to restore our ecosystems

April 26, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Proposals could help Oregon archers

April 7, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Trophy trout fishing at Haystack Reservoir

March 24, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Fly Fishing Film Tour

March 3, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Feds rekindle spotted owl habitat debate

February 25, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Paulina Creek restoration project

February 4, 2021

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Cleaning up the Boyd Cave graffiti

January 13, 2021

▶️The Great Outdoors: A Mt. Bachelor ski season like none other

December 30, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Bull Trout poaching on Metolius River angers officials

December 23, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Oregon public lands perfect for socially distant adventures

November 18, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Draining of Wickiup Reservoir throws future of fisheries into doubt

November 5, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Trooper Buck

October 29, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Restoring flows could end need for Deschutes river fish rescue

October 22, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Trail tips during COVID

October 8, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Sunriver’s new mountain bike trails

September 25, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: No-limit Smallmouthbass fishing on the John Day River

September 4, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: No-wake zone proposed on Prineville Reservoir

August 12, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Marks Creek restoration project

August 6, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Howard Prairie Reservoir

July 30, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Mt. McLoughlin meadow restoration allows habitats to thrive

July 22, 2020

▶️ Hunting options to expand on Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

July 15, 2020

Salmon flies on the lower Deschutes River

July 2, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Pilot Butte Restoration

July 2, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Wildlife passage under Highway 97

July 1, 2020

Survival Skills

July 1, 2020

▶️ Cascade Center of Photography

June 16, 2020

▶️ Expanded hunting opportunities on Hart Mountain Refuge

May 13, 2020

Restoring salmon and steelhead into the Upper Deschutes

May 6, 2020

Trail Etiquette: 101

April 29, 2020

Where to fish during the stay-at-home order

April 22, 2020

Restoring fish populations in the Upper Deschutes River

April 15, 2020

Changes in Boating Regulations

April 8, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Social Distancing in the Outdoors

April 1, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: Paddle Sports in Central Oregon

March 18, 2020

▶️ The Great Outdoors: The Latest in Aluminum Fishing Boats

March 11, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Preview of the Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show

February 26, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Setting Up Duck Nesting Tubes Along the Deschutes

February 19, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Inspiring Films at the Fly Fishing Film Festival

February 12, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Keeping Track of Snowpack

February 5, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Deschutes Land Trust “Nature Night” Presentation

January 22, 2020

The Great Outdoors: A Simple Way to Help Protect Our Environment

January 15, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Before Bachelor, Bendites still found places to ski

January 8, 2020

The Great Outdoors: Cleaning Boyd Cave

December 18, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Restoration efforts hampering Maupin’s fly fishing industry

December 11, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Lake Billy’s Water Withdrawal Tower

December 4, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Kokanee Fish Passage

November 27, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Turkey Shoot Season

November 20, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Pilot Butte’s Master Plan

November 14, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan Pt. 2

November 6, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Deschutes Basin Habitat Conservation Plan

October 31, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Your Fishing License Dollars at Work

October 23, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Poaching Patrol

October 16, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Central Oregon Cave Cleaning

October 9, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Kokanee Karnival

September 25, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Kokanee’s Role Goes Beyond Good Fishing

September 19, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Sighting In a Rifle

September 12, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Cascadia Adventure Film Festival

September 4, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Teen Archery Champ Maturing Through Sport

August 29, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Paddle Sports 101

August 21, 2019

Great Outdoors: Falling Water Levels at Wickiup Slow Summer Crowds

August 15, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Bend Whitewater Park

August 9, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Protecting Our Natural Resources

July 25, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Exclusive Fishing Club in Oregon

July 18, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Riddle Brothers Ranch

July 11, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Ladies Hunting Camp

July 4, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Disc Golf in Sisters

June 27, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Places to Practice Shooting in Central Oregon

June 20, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Perdigon Fly Tying

June 13, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Steelhead Fishing in South Fork Santiam River

June 6, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Bend Bowmen’s Annual Super Shoot

May 30, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Migration Corridors for Safer Deer Crossing

May 23, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Aftermath of the Substation Fire

May 16, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Restoring Bull Trout in Odell Lake

May 9, 2019

Thet Great Outdoors: Lady Hawks Hone Their Skills at the COSSA Park

May 2, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Apply for Fishing and Hunting Licenses with the ODFW App

April 25, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Fly Fishing Flies and Protecting the North Umpqua River

April 18, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Steelhead Sanctuary in the North Umpqua River

April 11, 2019

The Great Outdoors: McLagan’s Taxidermy

April 4, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Hybrid Bass Fishing

March 28, 2019

The Great Outdoors: World-Renowned Pro-Cure Fish Bait

March 22, 2019

The Great Outdoors: The Debate on Hunting Contests

March 14, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Oregon Fishing Club

March 7, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Creating Effective Fishing Flies

February 28, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Hybrid Bass Fishing at Ana Reservoir

February 21, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Chukar Hunting in Deschutes River Canyon

February 13, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Applying for Fishing & Hunting Licenses is Easier with an App

February 7, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Solar Energy in South Central Oregon

January 31, 2019

The Great Outdoors: La Pine State Park

January 23, 2019

The Great Outdoors – Passion Drives Design of Outdoor Gear

January 17, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Stay Safe While Snowmobiling with this Avalanche Safety Device

January 10, 2019

The Great Outdoors: Snowmobiling at Paulina Lake

January 3, 2019

Great Outdoors: Managing Animal Migration

December 26, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Riddle Brothers Ranch Near the Steens Wilderness

December 20, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Impact of the Takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

December 13, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Returning Native Fish to the Deschutes River

December 6, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Disc Golf

November 29, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Maintaining Back Country Trails in Central Oregon

November 14, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm

November 8, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Managing Animal Migration in Central Oregon

November 1, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Upside for Fall River

October 26, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Recreate in Maupin

October 18, 2018

The Great Outdoors: 50th Anniversary of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

October 11, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Volunteers at Work in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

October 4, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Restoring Beaver Dams in the Malheur National Forest

September 27, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Restoring Whychus Creek

September 20, 2018

The Great Outdoors: The Joy of Daily Fishing

September 13, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Empowering Women Hunters

September 6, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Trail Management in Deschutes and Willamette National Forests

August 30, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Concerns Over Misuse of Wickiup Reservoir

August 23, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Riddle Brothers Ranch at Steens Mountain

August 16, 2018

The Great Outdoors: The Sierra Nevada Red Fox in Central Oregon

August 9, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Mountain Bikes in Our Wilderness Areas

August 2, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Fish Biologist Amy Stuart

July 26, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Restoring Historic Cabins at Paulina Lake

July 19, 2018

The Great Outdoors: New Hiking Trail Proposed in the Columbia Gorge

July 12, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Trashing the Wilderness

June 27, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Justesen Ranch & Recreation

June 21, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Mistake Results in Loss of Hundreds of Ponderosa Pines

June 14, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Oldest Ponderosa Pine in Region

June 6, 2018

The Great Outdoors: China Hat Cleanup

May 30, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Kokanee Karnival

May 23, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Fall River Field Trip

May 16, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Shed Hunting

May 9, 2018

The Great Outdoors: New Fishing Regulations at Wickiup Reservoir

May 2, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Youth Turkey Clinic

April 25, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Prescribed Burns Around the High Desert Museum

April 18, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Whychus Creek Fish Release

April 11, 2018

The Great Outdoors: The Oregon Trail

April 4, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Forest Thinning for Fire Prevention

March 28, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Trail Cameras Debate

March 21, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Huntington Wagon Road

March 14, 2018

The Great Outdoors: The Oregon Desert Trail

March 7, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Snowmobile Safety

February 28, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Snowmobile Adventures

February 21, 2018

The Great Outdoors: The Oregon Trail of Dreams Sled Dogs

February 14, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Outdoorsman Rex Shepard

February 7, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Boyd Cave Tour

January 31, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Accessible Adventures in the Pacific Northwest

January 24, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Deschutes River Cleanup

January 17, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge

January 3, 2018

The Great Outdoors: Wallowa Lake

December 27, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Rim Butte OHV Jeep Trails

December 20, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Wolves in Oregon, part 2

December 13, 2017

The Great Outdoors: New Cline Buttes Trails

December 6, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Gray Wolves in Southern Oregon

November 29, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Four-Wheeling in Central Oregon

November 15, 2017

Great Outdoors: Steens Mountain Cow-Free Wilderness Area

November 8, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Teaching Hunting and Fishing to Girls

November 1, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Ochoco National Forest Land Management Debate

October 25, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Ryan Ranch Restoration Project

October 18, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Meet Photographer James Parsons

October 11, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Great Old Broads for Wilderness

September 27, 2017

The Great Outdoors: ODFW Pheasant Youth Hunt

September 20, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Off-Highway Vehicles and the Ochoco Trails

September 13, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Washington Family Ranch

September 6, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Restoration of Vandalized BLM Land

August 30, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Rimrock Dig

August 16, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Preserving the Pacific Crest Trail

August 9, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Bend Jeep Tours

August 2, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Fremont’s Mapping of the Oregon Trail

July 26, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Protecting Oregon Desert Lands

July 19, 2017

The Great Outdoors: East Lake Resort

July 12, 2017

The Great Outdoors: The Oregon Trail

July 6, 2017

The Great Outdoors: ‘The Old One’ in the Oregon Badlands

June 28, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Smith Rock Rising Visitors

June 21, 2017

Great Outdoors: Wallowa Lake

June 14, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Fishing Event at Pine Nursery Park

June 7, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Mosier Train Derailment

May 31, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Mosier Twin Tunnels

May 24, 2017

The Great Outdoors: Flying High

May 17, 2017