environment

For years, the Yakama Nation has fought to protect a sacred area in southcentral Washington from development. They say a proposed energy storage project will destroy this area, known as “mother of all roots.”

It’s been a couple of months since construction crews in the Tri-Cities removed an earthen land bridge. It blocked water at the mouth of the Yakima River. Now, people are celebrating the free flow of the river through its delta.

Researchers have linked several types of bacteria to lesions on elk hooves.

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.

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.

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.

Water is now flowing past a land bridge in the Tri-Cities that slowed salmon migration for over 80 years.