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What is ‘blue carbon’ and why is it so valuable?

The Pacific Northwest’s once-prevalent tidal forests are mostly gone. But what remains stores an important secret

Nov 7, 2024
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17-minute read

What is ‘blue carbon’ and why is it so valuable?

The Pacific Northwest’s once-prevalent tidal forests are mostly gone. But

Nov 7, 2024
17-minute read

Growing issue: As energy production increases so do chemical impacts to critical habitats

As the BPA seeks to expand its network of transmission lines, an Oregon salmon stream serves as an example of what can be done without herbicides

Oct 31, 2024
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8-minute read

Growing issue: As energy production increases so do chemical impacts to critical habitats

As the BPA seeks to expand its network of transmission

Oct 31, 2024
8-minute read

The Forest Service is ready to get moving on a big project at Mount St. Helens

Aug. 31 is the deadline to respond to a public questionnaire about changes to the way Spirit Lake is managed

Aug 28, 2024
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4-minute read

The Forest Service is ready to get moving on a big project at Mount St. Helens

Aug. 31 is the deadline to respond to a public

Aug 28, 2024
4-minute read

Night skies are getting brighter. This group is pushing back

DarkSky Oregon is lobbying Columbia River Gorge communities to adopt policies that would reduce nighttime illumination

Jul 18, 2024
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10-minute read

Night skies are getting brighter. This group is pushing back

DarkSky Oregon is lobbying Columbia River Gorge communities to adopt

Jul 18, 2024
10-minute read

As climate change intensifies, organizations are scaling up by joining forces

Accustomed to working in silos, land trusts are realizing fractured efforts to save the environment won’t cut it

May 4, 2023
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6-minute read

As climate change intensifies, organizations are scaling up by joining forces

Accustomed to working in silos, land trusts are realizing fractured

May 4, 2023
6-minute read

Can native turtles in the Gorge be saved?

Listed as endangered since 1993, efforts are underway to rebuild northwestern pond turtle populations and biodiversity in the Gorge

Apr 20, 2023
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7-minute read

Can native turtles in the Gorge be saved?

Listed as endangered since 1993, efforts are underway to rebuild

Apr 20, 2023
7-minute read

Washington v. Army fight over PFAS contamination escalates

The Department of Ecology has sent the U.S. Army a legal demand to clean a training center that contaminated residential wells with “forever chemicals”

Feb 15, 2023
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4-minute read

Washington v. Army fight over PFAS contamination escalates

The Department of Ecology has sent the U.S. Army a

Feb 15, 2023
4-minute read

Good day for journalism: The Dalles, Google abdicate in water fight with Oregonian

The tech giant’s bankrolling of the city’s legal fees continues to blur the line between public and private interests

Jan 3, 2023
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3-minute read

Good day for journalism: The Dalles, Google abdicate in water fight with Oregonian

The tech giant’s bankrolling of the city’s legal fees continues

Jan 3, 2023
3-minute read

Something entirely new: Using dams to save salmon

In the Yakima Basin, irrigators are investigating how reservoirs can be used to create artificial currents that mimic natural ones

Dec 15, 2022
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22-minute read

Something entirely new: Using dams to save salmon

In the Yakima Basin, irrigators are investigating how reservoirs can

Dec 15, 2022
22-minute read

Washington issues demand to U.S. Army: Clean up ‘forever chemicals’

The U.S. Army’s Yakima Training Center contaminated scores of private wells, but it’s resisting providing assistance to all those affected

Dec 5, 2022
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10-minute read

Washington issues demand to U.S. Army: Clean up ‘forever chemicals’

The U.S. Army’s Yakima Training Center contaminated scores of private

Dec 5, 2022
10-minute read

How an anti-environmental group is shaping Oregon politics and policy

Timber Unity began as a single-issue interest group. Now it's finding problems behind every tree

Dec 1, 2022
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6-minute read

How an anti-environmental group is shaping Oregon politics and policy

Timber Unity began as a single-issue interest group. Now it's

Dec 1, 2022
6-minute read

Snake River dam leaks oil into river

Army Corps of Engineers says it has isolated a faulty turbine and is assessing the damaging

Nov 16, 2022
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2-minute read

Snake River dam leaks oil into river

Army Corps of Engineers says it has isolated a faulty

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