Courtney Flatt
Senior CorrespondentCourtney Flatt has worked as an environmental reporter at NWPB since 2011. She has covered everything from environmental justice to climate change.
She began her journalism career at The Dallas Morning News. Later, she earned her master’s in convergence journalism at the University of Missouri and developed a love for radio as a producer at KBIA, an NPR member station in Columbia, Missouri.
In her free time, Courtney enjoys exploring the outdoors. You can find her hiking, kayaking or biking all over the Northwest.
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Washington has now enlisted the help of a critter to remind people to keep the state’s roads clean. -
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. -
It’s been almost two years since a wildfire severely damaged an important irrigation canal in Central Washington. Now, a federal agency is deciding whether the canal might need emergency help. -
Across the United States, bird species are on the decline. But in Washington, one program is hoping to create more habitat for birds — using ranches. -
Bird species are on the decline across the U.S. for all different reasons, including habitat loss. But a new program in Washington hopes to create bird habitat by using ranches. -
Bigger solar farms could make their way into Yakima County. Commissioners are considering updates that would allow solar panels on specific agricultural land. -
A hydro project that could store enough energy to power most homes in Seattle just got the go-ahead from the federal government. Developers say it will help the Northwest meet its carbon-free energy goals. -
A lab in Richland, Washington, has started testing large-scale batteries that could one day help store energy and make the electrical grid more reliable. -
Water is now flowing past a land bridge in the Tri-Cities that slowed salmon migration for over 80 years.
