If you’ve saved time for a backpacking trip in the mountains this summer, consider the Bonny Lakes. Never heard of them? That’s good! This year, with limits on foreign travel, familiar vacation spots ...

There’s a mysterious, otherworldly feel to Southern Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park. This gem-like lake, nestled high in the Cascade Range, is the deepest lake in North America — 1,943 feet — and ...

PAULINA PEAK — Crater Lake is the Cinderella of Oregon Lakes, but her step-sisters aren’t exactly ugly. In fact, Newberry Crater’s Paulina and East lakes might be more appealing to active outdoor ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Every winter, Lost Lake in Oregon drains itself down a six-foot hole. The hole is a lava tube, and no one knows exactly where it leads. Lost Lake is one of several self ...

Detroit Lake has been in the spotlight this month for all the wrong reasons. Health officials say toxic algae that formed in the reservoir flowed downstream in the North Santiam River and fouled Salem ...

Oregon’s 4,819 lakes are largely in good ecological condition, especially when compared with those elsewhere in the nation, a new report from the state Department of Environmental Quality concludes.

A new program aimed at improving the health of imperiled salt lakes across the American West is moving forward, thanks to legislation passed by Congress this week. Saline lakes are vitally important ...

During the rainy fall and winter, most Oregonians probably don't give much thought to Lost Lake, a shallow lake surrounded by pine trees that sits near a highway. But drivers might do a double take ...

At Detroit Reservoir in late April, more than 70 boats cruised circles around the lake in pursuit of a fish — salmon. But chances are good it's not the type of salmon most Oregonians would imagine. As ...

Detroit Lake has been in the spotlight this month for all the wrong reasons. Health officials say toxic algae that formed in the reservoir flowed downstream in the North Santiam River and fouled Salem ...