Eastern Oregon residents who have lived for years with contaminated water can move forward with a class action lawsuit against the Port of Morrow and large food processors in the area, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon on Friday issued an order denying a motion from the Port of Morrow and five […]
Oregon’s new state forester Kacey KC’s first experience with wildfire was watching flames move down the mountainside toward her childhood home in Nevada. On a summer break from college in 1996, “literally working at the car wash,” she explained, she saw from across town a huge plume of smoke growing around her neighborhood. She called […]
RAYMOND, Wash. — Doug Nussbaum is a retired logger whose morning rituals include a walk down to the bluff behind his house that overlooks a bend in the Willapa River. He is never quite sure just what he will spot — ducks, bald eagles and sometimes seals and sea lions pursuing salmon. On April 1, […]
Electric utilities in Washington and Oregon are turning to gas to meet rapid and growing energy demand from data centers, according to recent reports. Two analyses from the Hood River-based conservation organization Columbia Riverkeeper and the Seattle-based think tank Sightline Institute show that a growing number of Northwest utility companies are spending on new gas-powered […]
From a refreshed historical gift shop to new showers at a popular North Coast camp site, several state park properties received upgrades just in time for summer visitors to enjoy. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department manages more than 250 state parks, recreation areas, scenic viewpoints and other sites. In the face of budget constraints, […]
Last week, petitioners hoping to ban fishing and hunting in Oregon reached a milestone in their attempt to change state law. Initiative Petition 28, led by Portland-based animal rights activists, aims to expand animal cruelty laws and criminalize injuring, breeding or killing animals except in cases of self-defense or for veterinary care, such as spaying, […]
Oregon residents and out-of-state visitors can enjoy free fishing days across the state’s waterways June 6 and 7. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering free fishing days so anyone can fish, clam or crab without a license or tag. And on June 6, Oregon State Parks is offering free parking. All other […]
An imperiled newt only found in and around southern Oregon’s Crater Lake may soon be protected under the Endangered Species Act following a three-year legal battle. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed in a recent settlement with the nonprofit conservation group Center for Biological Diversity to decide by October whether to list the Crater […]
GOLDENDALE, Wash. – High up on the Washington side of the Columbia River near the John Day hydroelectric dam, members of the Yakama Nation gathered to protest a clean energy storage project slated to be built on a sacred tribal site. Supporters of the Goldendale pumped-hydro energy storage project have said it will help meet […]
A tiny school district in Northwest Oregon surrounded by state forestland will get its day in court against the Oregon Department of Forestry over a conservation plan that would reduce logging to protect threatened and endangered species, and potentially lead to less school funding. The Jewell School District, a single school serving 115 students in […]
