conservation

If you’ve tried to boat or fish on the lower Yakima River lately, you might have noticed matted weeds clogging the waterway. Now, work is underway to get it under control.

(Runtime 3:42) CORRECTION 4/10/25: An earlier version misstated how poisoning, trapping and shooting had affected burrowing owls numbers. The poisoning,…

(Runtime 4:12)In south-central Washington’s patchwork of sagebrush and agricultural fields, one man is spending his early, early mornings searching for…

(Runtime 3:57)It’s about 8 a.m. on a bitingly cold December morning on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon. Wildlife biologists are pulling medical gear from…

(Runtime 3:39)At the Palouse Nature Center in Moscow, Idaho, kids were getting excited for the release of a Western screech owl that had been…

(Runtime 3:45) There's a lot of good ways to start off the week on a Monday morning, but none come close to a beautiful hike through tall grass and pines.…

(Runtime 1:06) Smokey Bear was created to educate the public on the importance of preventing wildfires caused by people. He’s since become a beloved…

(Runtime 1:22)In a recent heated committee hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, argued against bringing grizzly bears to the…

(Runtime 1:03)After the Hansen Road fire burned along the hills just outside Benton City in southeastern Washington this past summer, signs of life are…

For Northwest tribes, removing the four lower Snake River dams means more than just saving salmon, more than just saving the orcas that rely on salmon for…