Last year, Oregon’s marine mammal stranding network documented over 150 sick or dead sea lions on the coast, with wildlife veterinarians confirming leptospirosis in all seven of the animals sampled and tested.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Students and staff will take to the fashion runway in honor of Earth Day during Central Oregon Community College’s annual Clothing Connection Fashion Show, with more than 25 models walking at both 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Friday, April 21. The event is a benefit for a free service that
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In collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, Central Oregon LandWatch, the Environmental Center and a number of other conservation- and community-focused organizations, Central Oregon Community College is bringing a climate activism education event to the region with its annual “Climate Teach-In,” from 1:30-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at the Bend campus’s Coats Campus Center.
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The Oregon Water Resources Department is seeking public input on updates to the state’s Integrated Water Resources Strategy – Oregon’s roadmap for better understanding and meeting state water needs.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Food Waste Prevention Week is April 10-16, and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is encouraging all people in Oregon to take simple steps to reduce waste, save money and help the environment. Preventing food waste is in the interests of people and businesses across Oregon and beyond, to reduce harmful greenhouse gas
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-central Washington state after testing found high levels of chemicals related to a dangerous pesticide used decades ago. The sweeping action announced Thursday night by the
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — California officials want federal disaster aid for the state’s salmon fishing industry, they said Friday following the closure of recreational and commercial king salmon fishing seasons along much of the West Coast due to near-record low numbers of the iconic fish returning to
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Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced the University of Oregon has received $800,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to officially launch its Center for Wildfire Smoke Research and Practice.
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The Deschutes River Conservancy announced Wednesday that flows in some of the most critical wild steelhead habitat will continue to be bolstered, thanks to a grant from The FlyFisher Foundation, a group founded in 1961 to preserve the art, science, and history of fly-fishing.
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The City of Bend is sponsoring a Home Energy Score Assessor Boot Camp, led by Earth Advantage, to train those who wish to become qualified Home Energy Score Assessors ahead of this summer’s start to the city requiring scores be listed for all homes put up for sale.
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The Deschutes River Alliance presented the State of the Lower Deschutes River, an online presentation and discussion about the water quality of the lower Deschutes River, online Tuesday evening.
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A plan announced last week to return Lolita, a killer whale held captive for more than a half-century, to her home waters in Washington’s Puget Sound thrilled those who have long advocated for her to be freed from her tank at the Miami Seaquarium. But it also
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When groundwater levels are low, the state of Oregon can declare critical groundwater areas to help preserve and protect water.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — PacifiCorp filed Friday its 2023 Integrated Resource Plan with the six state utility commissions in the company’s service area, advancing its path to net-zero emissions. The biennial long-term resource plan calls for a dramatic increase of nearly four times the company’s current wind and solar resources to a total of 20,000
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy are honoring GreenSavers of Bend as an ENERGY STAR® partner of the year for its outstanding leadership in promoting energy efficiency and tackling climate change.
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Several signs warning of methane gas have been put up around Bend. They were installed in response to a fire last year at the west Bend sewer lift station.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sen Jeff Merkley and Rep.Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) teamed up to introduce the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2023, bicameral legislation to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos. The bill introduction comes ahead of Global Asbestos Awareness Week, which will take place from April 1-7. “Every day
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Two-dozen neighbors of a mine northwest of Prineville, and their attorney claim mining operations have contaminated the their water. But a state agency said its review of well test samples from a resident and the company, Knife River, found no evidence the mine caused such problems.
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Larvae produced by black rockfish, a linchpin of the West Coast commercial fishing industry for the past eight decades, fared better during two recent years of unusually high ocean temperatures than had been feared, new research by Oregon State University shows.
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State Forester Calvin Mukumoto has proclaimed all of April as Oregon Arbor Month, allowing lots of time for commemorative plantings and other tree-related activities.
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