SALEM, Ore. — A 10,000-acre piece of a ranch along the lower Deschutes River in Oregon will become a state wildlife area.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday approved purchase of part of Lower Deschutes River Ranch, in the Tygh Valley area downstream of Maupin.
The Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit organization, bought the parcel from the original land owner.
Jeremy Thompson, district wildlife biologist in The Dalles, said the price is $3 million. Six financing sources are being combined to buy the land, but not hunting or fishing license fee dollars.