Environment
Environment
U.S. Agriculture Department Moves To Expand Logging In Nation’s Largest National Forest
The proposal, announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, comes in response to a request from the state, which wants to be fully exempted from a Clinton-era rule that limits road construction and timber harvesting in tens of millions of acres of national forest. Continue Reading U.S. Agriculture Department Moves To Expand Logging In Nation’s Largest National Forest
Pumping Oxygen In A Lake To Try To Save Fish Facing Climate Change
As the climate warms, many U.S. lakes are seeing more algal blooms, low oxygen levels and stressed out fish species. One team in Oregon hopes that pumping oxygen into the water can help. Continue Reading Pumping Oxygen In A Lake To Try To Save Fish Facing Climate Change
Yakama And Lummi Nation Leaders Call For Removal Of 3 Lower Columbia River Dams
Standing on the banks of the Columbia River, near the remnants of Celilo Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Yakama Nation Chairman JoDe Goudy traced the history of decrees, congressional acts and court cases that led to the damming of the river. Continue Reading Yakama And Lummi Nation Leaders Call For Removal Of 3 Lower Columbia River Dams
Audubon Study: More Than Half Of Washington Birds Species Risk Extinction From Climate Change
The study found that across North America, 389 species, or nearly two-thirds of the continent’s birds, are vulnerable to the heat waves, rising seas, increased fires and storms and other disruptions that 3 °C of climate change could bring. Continue Reading Audubon Study: More Than Half Of Washington Birds Species Risk Extinction From Climate Change
North Cascades Grizzly Proposal Brings Out Hundreds Opposed (And Some In Favor) In Okanogan
Around 450 people filed into the AgriComplex building at the Okanogan County Fairgrounds Monday night. They wanted to voice their opinions on a draft plan to relocate grizzlies to the North Cascades. Continue Reading North Cascades Grizzly Proposal Brings Out Hundreds Opposed (And Some In Favor) In Okanogan
Researchers Are Freezing Their Ship Into Arctic Ice To Study Climate Change
An ambitious Arctic expedition has reached a milestone. Researchers have found a floe to freeze into, where they’ll construct an observatory and study Arctic systems from a ship. Continue Reading Researchers Are Freezing Their Ship Into Arctic Ice To Study Climate Change
Study: We’re Pulling Tuna Out Of The Ocean At Unprecedented And Unsustainable Rates
A new study finds that tuna harvests, including of some species considered “vulnerable,” have increased by an astonishing 1,000% in the last 60 years — a rate some scientists warn is unsustainable. Continue Reading Study: We’re Pulling Tuna Out Of The Ocean At Unprecedented And Unsustainable Rates
Northwest Utility PacifiCorp Releases Plan To Cut Coal Power And Add Renewables
Environmental groups have been pressing PacifiCorp for years to close more of its coal plants sooner and speed up its transition to renewable energy. But leaders in states like Wyoming, where the utility’s coal plants are stationed, say the company would be hurting local economies and betraying their trust by closing coal plants early. Continue Reading Northwest Utility PacifiCorp Releases Plan To Cut Coal Power And Add Renewables
In Central Washington, Forest Equipment Chews Through Fuel To Reduce Threat Of ‘The Next Paradise’
Connecting different projects – like these large-scale fuels management ones – with efforts by homeowners down below helps make the landscape more resilient. It’s part of a larger effort to help central Washington avoid the fate of towns like Paradise, California, which was devastated by the Camp Fire in 2018.
Continue Reading In Central Washington, Forest Equipment Chews Through Fuel To Reduce Threat Of ‘The Next Paradise’
Federal Wildlife Agency Announces Protections For Caribou Habitat In Washington And Idaho
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service designated the southern mountain population of woodland caribou as endangered and confirmed 47 square miles in Idaho and Washington as critical habitat requiring special protection. Continue Reading Federal Wildlife Agency Announces Protections For Caribou Habitat In Washington And Idaho
Don’t Want Plastic With Your Seafood? Neither Do Otters And Orcas In Northwest Waters
Plastics in the ocean food chain has become a hot topic for local scientists, for similar reasons city and state policy makers and activists are debating plastic bag bans and how to reduce plastic straw and bottled water usage. All are concerned that the world’s oceans are awash in plastic trash and fibers. Continue Reading Don’t Want Plastic With Your Seafood? Neither Do Otters And Orcas In Northwest Waters
Jay Inslee Calls On State Wildlife Agency To ‘Significantly Reduce’ Lethal Wolf Actions
In a letter to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind, Inslee asked that the state increase efforts to change guidelines that dictate when a wolf can be lethally removed. Continue Reading Jay Inslee Calls On State Wildlife Agency To ‘Significantly Reduce’ Lethal Wolf Actions
