HOOD RIVER — Hood River Watershed Group representatives will attend the Port of Hood River’s Feb. 17 meeting will provide an overview of a federally-funded “Hood River Confluence Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study.”
Free news: Aaron Bott, state wolf biologist, will present on the natural history, biology, and behavior of wolves at The Ruins on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 6 p.m. The presentation is free to attend.
FREE: THE GORGE — As the seasons shift, fall and winter offer time to discover something new about nature. UCD is starting their seventh Annual Winter Workshop Series as December, January, and February in-person meetings in White Salmon and Stevenson, Washington.
HOOD RIVER — Did you know that mushrooms are more closely related to humans than plants? Well, Krista Cushman does, along with an encyclopedia of tips and tricks to help you identify them in the wild.
The Columbia River Gorge enthusiast, mycologist and Hood River educator shared an abundance of fungal facts and woodsy wisdom at the Columbia Center for the Arts on Nov. 12 — the second lecture in Mt. Adams Institute’s Sense of Place Season 16.
CHARLIE VANDEN HEUVEL
Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association
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A pest-host relationship describes the interaction between an organism (the pest) and its host, where the pest benefits at the expense of the host. This relationship can be symbiotic, meaning both organisms are involved, but can also be parasitic, where the pest harms the host.
ICYMI, FREE NEWS: The discharge to the Columbia River from the City of The Dalles Wastewater Treatment Plant has returned to compliance with permit limits for E. coli as of Aug. 8 at 10:05 p.m.
THE DALLES — The Dalles wastewater treatment plant has been discharging fluid that exceeds the plant’s limit for E. coli since Aug. 1, due to incomplete disinfection.