InsightsNW is part of NWPB’s efforts to include more solutions journalism in our reporting. Solutions journalism examines how communities are responding to problems and seeking solutions.
This type of journalism analyzes a response to a problem while also looking at lessons learned, limitations of a solution and the evidence to show how a response is — or isn’t — working.
Courtesy: Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Idaho has taken an aggressive approach to try to rid the Snake River of invasive mussels before they reach the Columbia River. And they said their approach is working.
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Rachel Sun/NWPBHow are goats being used as a fire mitigation tool in the Northwest? -
Rachel Sun/NWPBWith wildfires battering much of the western United States, practitioners of one fuel mitigation strategy have seen increased public interest. They work long hours, remove brush on difficult terrain, and chew cud. -
Courtesy: Thad McCrackenAn engineer in Mosier, Oregon, is developing a new way to keep property safe during wildfires. He’s tested his wildfire sensors out on his land and at prescribed burns.
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Tiny, pocket forests are sprouting up all around Washington state: on old, abandoned fields and in people’s backyards. They’re meant to mimic nature – and to grow quickly and increase biodiversity. -
A tribal health clinic in Lapwai, Idaho, has helped patients find success managing diabetes and prediabetes. NWPB’s Rachel Sun joined host Connor Henricksen to discuss. -
Communities across the U.S. are turning small plots of land into highly dense forests that grow quickly. Turns out these forests have roots to a decades-old planting method that originated in Japan. -
Native American people face a higher rate of type 2 diabetes than the general population. Several regional tribes are offering diabetes management programs to help patients fight those odds. -
How are the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes working to take care of their unused food? Morning Edition host Connor Henricksen joined NWPB’s Anna King to discuss how the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are finding success diverting that waste. -
The Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes view their traditional foods as something that deserves the utmost respect. So, they’re striving to repurpose their food waste. -
Refugees and immigrants in the U-S can have a hard time adjusting to a new place. But there's a nonprofit in the Tri-Cities that’s aiming to help. -
B5, a nonprofit in the Tri-Cities, provides free English and citizenship classes for refugees and immigrants. -
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.
