Environment
Environment
Less irrigation water for some Yakima Valley farmers, wildfire season approaches
Washington state has already declared some areas in drought. There’s not enough snowpack in many areas, and much of it is melting out faster than expected.
Washington’s Senator Patty Murray said Hanford safety in jeopardy, she’s ‘really, really worried’
(Credit: Anna King / NWPB) About a dozen federal workers have been fired from the Hanford site in southeast Washington state. Hanford is the contaminated legacy of plutonium manufacturing during
Billy’s magic: Tribal leader’s fierce fight for fishing rights to be honored with a statue in Washington, D.C.
Nisqually tribal fisher Willie Frank III holds a freshly caught chinook, or king, salmon at the Nisqually River where his family has fished for generations. The chinook being caught are
Centro de formación en Oregón enseña a técnicos eólicos de todo el país
Cuando Juan Flores empezó a trabajar en mantenimiento de turbinas eólicas hace 14 años, deseó haber recibido más entrenamiento. En uno de sus primeros días de trabajo, tuvo que subir una escalera de 90 metros. Pero nadie le dijo que descansara.
Gwen Fire rages across North Idaho wine country
The Gwen Fire has burned nearly 30,000 acres in the Clearwater Canyon near Juliaetta so far. In this photo taken July 31, 2024, the Rivaura Estate Vineyard and Winery can
As the Northwest turns toward Spring, agricultural irrigators, fire managers and water experts watch the sky
Workers clear canals of debris in preparation for spring irrigation season in the Roza Irrigation District. (Courtesy: Dave Rollinger) Listen (Runtime 1:00) Read A story in plot points: a federal
Funding for Northwest tribes to help challenges with housing, climate change
Listen An aerial view of the lower village of Taholah, Washington on the edge of the Pacific Coast. (Credit: Quinault Indian Nation) (Runtime :48) Read New funding from the U.S.
Nez Perce Tribe honors the wolf
In this Feb. 1, 2017, file image provided the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a wolf pack is captured by a remote camera in Hells Canyon National Recreation Area
“Dr. Christmas Tree” working to prevent disease in Northwest conifer trees
Gary Chastagner, a Washington State University professor called “Dr. Christmas Tree” shows an example of a less-desirable tree due to fewer top branches, grown in a small plantation of Turkish
Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant churns out first container of clean test glass
The poured glass appears emerald green, just before it’s lidded and transported to an export bay at Hanford in southeast Washington. Hanford officials are celebrating this first container of glass
Thousands of Northwest jobs could come from new Forest Service plan
A sunrise over the Rocky Mountains from Rocky Ridge Campground in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests on August 8, 2020 (Credit: Lauren Paterson / NWPB) Listen (Runtime :59) Read A
Ground Squirrel “High School” features classes, cliques and clubs
Columbian ground squirrels are only active for around two months of the year, and spend most of their time hibernating. (Credit: David Restivo / National Park Service) Listen (Runtime :57)
