Federal contracts build stimulus effect in Oregon Sep 30, 2009
She said the company would pay engineers working on the reconstruction of the Steens Mountain loop road in southeast Oregon. ADVERTISEMENT. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Roses ‘n’ Raspberries (Aug.14) Aug 15, 2009
RASPBERRIES to the Bureau of Land management in the vicinity of the Steens Mountain, which has some e splainin to do. Seems that some hikers enjoying a designated wild and scenic area found themselves on 15 miles of graded, two-lane road in the Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area in southeast Oregon. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
BLM sued over road maintenance at Steens Mountain Aug 13, 2009
BURNS A conservation group has sued the U.S. Bureau of Land Management over maintenance work on old roads in congressionally protected areas around Steens Mountain in the high desert of Eastern Oregon ... Some of the road work was done in an area designated as wilderness as part of the Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area, created by Congress in 2000 to limit grazing and protect fish and wildlife habitat around the mountain, which rises dramatically out of the flat... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
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Also: BLM sued over road maintenance at Steens Mountain ... In the outdoors: BLM sued over road maintenance at Steens Mountain. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Wind power development begins on public Oregon lands Jun 2, 2009
That could change the view from atop Steens Mountain or on Interstate 84 while driving toward Boise. But it also portends some bitter fights over who gets to use publicly owned land and for what purpose. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Round Barn will be shingled out for more history Apr 28, 2009
He built a ranch in the shadow of Steens Mountain that once stretched over 200,000 acres. He was also a man of remarkable contradictions. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Oregon Recreation Report Feb 8, 2009
FISH LAKE (Steens Mountain): brook trout, rainbow trout. Watch for thin ice. (Lebanon Express, OR)
