Oregon Wildlife Foundation

05/29/2026

Mountain Top is receiving fawn calls daily and will be intaking our first fawn of the season today.

Here are your annual reminders for fawn care:

🚫: Do not move or take fawns!
Fawns are left alone during the day for safety. They are not coordinated enough to run quickly from predators, so their best safety mechanism is to lay still and quiet. Mother deer leave their fawns in safe places all day. Some moms return midday to feed, while others only return at dusk or after the sun has set.

🦌: True orphans often need help!
Early in the season, young fawns near dead mothers do need to be rescued. But please let us guide you in this process. Do not remove the fawns from their mom unless they are in danger (like on the highway or busy road.)

🦮: Mind your furry friends!
The next few weeks are a great time to leash up your dog. Big dogs can easily hold newborn fawns by the neck. Running with them or even giving gentle shakes can be fatal.

🩸🦴🪰: Lots of blood, bones, or maggots are SOS calls!
If a fawn has a wound that exposes bone or organs, has a broken limb, or has flies landing on open wounds, you need to call our hotline and give us an SOS voicemail! Small scrapes or superficial wounds, along with minor limps are not usually concerning.

Mountain Top is the only fawn rehabilitator in this region of Washington, and we have a limited number of fawns we can accept each season. We try to keep the spaces available for the patients who need it most. Thank you all for your care. We know fawn season is a precious time of the year! We are privileged to work with the community and save these babies.

05/29/2026

💥 Thank You to Our Incredible Sponsors! 💥

A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors for supporting OWF’s Clays for Conservation and helping make this event possible! Your generosity helps support wildlife conservation efforts across Oregon. 🦌🐟🦅

A special thank you to our Platinum Sponsor, Hoffman Construction Company, for four years of support running! 👏

And thank you to our Gold Sponsors, Blair and Peggy Bubenik and Freres, for helping make conservation happen.

📍 Clays for Conservation
📅 Friday, June 5, 2026
📌 Mid-Valley Clays & Shooting School

Thank you for supporting the conservation of Oregon’s fish, wildlife and wild places. We couldn’t do it without partners like you! 💚

05/27/2026

Our helpline will soon be awash in calls about orphan fawns. So, it's important we get this information out there now. 99% of the time a fawn is NOT an orphan. Mule deer may leave their newborns up to 22 hours while they go off to graze. Newborns have little scent so does will park them in a safe spot, perhaps even your yard, during this time. Babies will cry for mom when hungry and those cries are pretty upsetting to human ears, but don't think that just because they are crying, they are abandoned. Even if the mom has been killed those cries may cause another nursing doe to adopt that fawn. Unless you see wounds, diarrhea, lots of flies and maggots, or signs of dehydration....leave the baby be. Stay well away, your presence could cause a female to not respond to her baby. The absolute last resort is to call a rehabber before you do ANYTHING! In our district, Oregon Fish and Wildlife does not allow fawns to be rehabbed at all (this is not cruel, it is due to disease, overpopulation, and bad outcomes). Euthanasia is the only option which makes it extremely important that you do not needlessly intervene when finding a fawn alone and create a bad situation. AND NEVER TRY DIY REHAB! Not only is it illegal, but it is also dangerous for both you and the fawn.

05/27/2026

🦦 Happy World Otter Day!

Did you know Oregon is home to two species of otters? Meet the playful and charismatic river otter and the elusive sea otter.

🌊 River otters can be found throughout much of Oregon in rivers, lakes, wetlands and along the coast. Excellent swimmers with webbed feet and streamlined bodies, they can stay underwater for several minutes while hunting for fish, crayfish and amphibians. If you spot slides along muddy riverbanks or playful splashing, you may have found signs of otters nearby!

🌊 Sea otters once lived along the Oregon Coast but disappeared in the early 1900s due to the fur trade. While Oregon doesn’t currently have a resident sea otter population, occasional visitors have been spotted off the coast in recent years, sparking conversations about what their return could mean for coastal ecosystems.

Otters play an important role in healthy ecosystems and remind us just how connected Oregon’s waterways are to wildlife conservation. 💙

Have you ever spotted an otter in Oregon? Tell us where in the comments! 👇

05/27/2026

A rare newt found only in and around Crater Lake could soon receive federal endangered species protections after a legal settlement forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a decision by October.

READ MORE: https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/pets-animals-nature/crater-lake-newt-endangered-species-decision/article_4dd97775-9dbc-4c5c-a378-c5c1ec2d9f2a.html

05/26/2026

05/21/2026

💥 Thank You to Our Incredible Sponsors! 💥

A huge thank you to our amazing sponsors for supporting OWF’s Clays for Conservation and helping make this event possible! Your generosity helps support wildlife conservation efforts across Oregon. 🦌🐟🦅

A special thank you to our Platinum Sponsor, Hoffman Construction Company, for four years of support running! 👏

And thank you to our Gold Sponsors, Blair and Peggy Bubenik and Freres!

📍 Clays for Conservation
📅 Friday, June 5, 2026
📌 Mid-Valley Clays & Shooting School

Thank you for supporting the conservation of Oregon’s fish, wildlife and wild places. We couldn’t do it without partners like you! 💚

05/21/2026

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/local/oregon/2026/05/21/oregon-wildlife-conservation-k9-retires/90183458007/

Buck, the state's first Fish & Wildlife Conservation K-9, has retired after being deployed 184 times across Oregon.

05/21/2026

A bat found in Douglas County has tested positive for rabies, marking the county's first confirmed rabies case of 2026 and prompting county officials to remind

05/21/2026

A bear cub was spotted in Newberg, and wildlife officials are warning people to keep any possible food sources out of its reach. https://bit.ly/49InJhO