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Natural Resources

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 minutes

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 minutes

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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3 minutes

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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9 minutes

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 minutes

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 minutes

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 minutes

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 minutes
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