Rachel Sun
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NWPB
When beavers build dams, they help create habitat for other species. But when they build near humans, those dams aren’t always appreciated. Some humans are trying to strike a balance between their needs and the beavers’.
Katie G. Cotterill
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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
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Courtesy: Rye DevelopmentAn old aluminum smelter has sat abandoned on the Columbia River’s banks for two decades. Now, energy developers could help fast-track part of the cleanup. -
Anna King/NWPBBobbing their heads in the blustery spring breeze, balsamroot looks a bit like a posy of shrunken sunflowers. Wildflowers across the Northwest are blooming right now, and the display won’t last long. -
Courtney Flatt/NWPBIt’s been a couple of months since construction crews in the Tri-Cities removed an earthen land bridge. It blocked water at the mouth of the Yakima River. Now, people are celebrating the free flow of the river through its delta.
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A new project is trying to tag Northwest butterflies with high-tech electronic tags to learn more about their migration. -
At Hanford, several 7-foot tall containers of radioactive tank waste that have been bound up into glass by a new factory were disposed of in an engineered landfill this week. -
On Wednesday morning, Washington state declared a statewide drought. -
Business leaders in the Tri-Cities said it’s getting harder to bring new, large developments to town because there isn’t enough power to go around. -
Researchers have linked several types of bacteria to lesions on elk hooves. -
Landslides close Holden Village in North Cascades; Lutheran retreat center may not reopen until 2027Holden Village might be closed for more than a year after winter landslides shut down access to the location. -
Washington has now enlisted the help of a critter to remind people to keep the state’s roads clean. -
Finding a place to toss your trash on the streets of Tacoma is getting a little easier. -
There are probably more tiny bits of plastic in the Yakima River than you’d expect. That’s according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers from Central Washington University. -
Washington state’s Department of Natural Resources is developing wildfire risk and hazard maps. It’s an effort to help the state and local communities better prepare for wildfires.
