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UNDERWOOD - Traffic officials have closed State Route 14 from milepost 56.2 to milepost 63.3 for "debris clean-up," according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.
WHITE SALMON — Events and services this week in White Salmon are being canceled due to the heat wave sweeping across the area. With temperatures expected to rise above the 100-degree threshold, city officials are taking action.
On Tuesday, Aug. 22 at 6 p.m., Dr. Michael Beug, Professor Emeritus, Evergreen College, will present “Edible, Poisonous, and Fascinating Fall Fungi of the Columbia River Gorge” at the Stevenson Community Library.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., reintroduced the Water for Conservation and Farming Act on June 21 “to help communities in Oregon and across the West suffering from ongoing drought,” according to a press release.
Three of four stories in a series on the Oregon Bee Project and its work in the Columbia River Gorge.
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WHITE SALMON — One of the more prominent trees in downtown White Salmon has been spared the axe pending an engineer’s inspection of the tree’s surroundings.
The adult Tule Fall Chinook salmon have started returning to the Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery in Underwood. Early season forecasts are predicting nearly 50,000 Tule Fall Chinook salmon back to the Bonneville Pool.
WHITE SALMON — White Salmon City Councilors will be considering a proposal to allow the mayor to declare a water emergency and implement mandatory conservation measures at this Wednesday’s city council meeting.
The proposed amendments to the municipal code on water conservation would grant the mayor the authority to declare various stages of water emergencies and implement conservation measures based on the severity of a given emergency.
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Sept. 30 marks the end of burn bans across Klickitat County, and as private individuals begin to prepare their slash piles, so too will Mt. Adams Resource Stewards prepare for prescribed open burns in state forests.
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Fish hatcheries have a long history in the Columbia River Gorge, said Cheri Anderson, information and education specialist for the six stations that make up the Columbia River Gorge National Fish Hatchery complex. And the work they were designed to do continues to be relevant.
The Wasco County Board of commissioners split over whether to endorse the current draft of the Climate Change Action Plan presented to them by Columbia River Gorge Commission on Aug. 3, as the board and staff sought clarification of language implying restrictions on agriculture within Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
The City of Bingen is undergoing a study on the fee schedule for water and wastewater services, and recently they had Nancy Wetch, engineering consultant with firm Gray & Osborne, present preliminary findings on potential cost increases for new or significantly transformed developments ahead of a final recommendation.
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Water gushed from the John Day Dam, and wind turbines from atop the Columbia Hills in Klickitat County spun with regularity one sunny morning in June. Despite both mechanisms seemingly operating at the time, only one was generating electricity.
WHITE SALMON — The Columbia River Gorge Commission has extended the public comment period for its Draft Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) through Aug. 9 following an increased interest by counties and community partners, said a press release.
TROUT LAKE — Mt. Adams Institute has received a $1,149,768 grant from Ameri-Corps, the federal agency responsible for national service and community volunteerism.
Klickitat County Commissioners will consider a suite of changes to their environmental determination process at a May 10 board meeting.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected Klickitat County’s claim to a portion of the Yakama Reservation land — the 121,465 acres along the southwest border of the reservation known as Tract D.
Friends of Gorge Area Parks (FOGAP) is now the official friends’ group for Brooks Memorial State Park, Columbia Hills State Park, Goldendale Observatory State Park, and Maryhill State Park.
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