PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Pacific Power recently awarded more than $2 million to 18 cities, small towns, community colleges and nonprofits throughout the state for projects that will connect more Oregonians to the cost-saving, clean-air benefits of electric vehicles and electric mobility — including residents of underserved and rural communities that Pacific Power serves. For example,
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By working together, dolphins and net-casting fishers in Brazil each catch more fish, a rare example of an interaction by two top predators that is beneficial to both parties, researchers have concluded following 15 years of study of the practice.
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Gull Point Campground and Boat Ramp at Wickiup Reservoir will remain closed for the 2023 camping season to provide for public safety after nearly 700 dead or dying “hazard trees” were identified in the area, the Deschutes National Forest said Monday.
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards, CNN The planet could cross critical global warming thresholds sooner than previous models have predicted, even with concerted global climate action, according to a new study using machine learning. The study estimates that the planet could reach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels in a decade, and found a “substantial
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The Oregon Legislature and Governor’s Office must take decisive action to address gaps in statewide water governance that contribute to water insecurity for Oregon communities, according to an advisory report released Thursday by Secretary of State Shemia Fagan.
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The Bend Park and Recreation District said Tuesday it requested assistance from PacifiCorp to temporarily reduce the water level at Mirror Pond as part of the district’s bank repair and trail extension project.
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PACIFIC CITY, Ore. (KTVZ) — A small sinkhole measuring 20 feet wide and 15 feet deep was discovered at Cape Kiwanda State Natural Area Sunday in the lower northwest corner of the dune, officials said. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department staff were alerted to the presence of the sinkhole Sunday morning and cordoned off the area
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Wolves on an Alaskan island caused a deer population to plummet and switched to primarily eating sea otters in just a few years, a finding scientists at Oregon State University and the Alaska Department of Fish and Game believe is the first case of sea otters becoming the primary food source for a land-based predator.
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The last major pieces of the contract to build the wave energy test facility PacWave South have been executed, paving the way for completion of the Oregon State University-led facility off the coast of Newport.
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A nonprofit group that aims to protect endangered species asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday to reintroduce sea otters to a stretch of the West Coast from Northern California to Oregon. Threatened southern sea otters occupy only 13% of their historic range, with a small population of the
Continue ReadingWARRENTON, Ore. (AP) — A baby gray whale washed up on the northern Oregon coast on Wednesday, making it the third dead whale to beach on the state’s coastline over the past week. The 12-foot-long calf washed ashore at Fort Stevens State Park, KGW reported, only 100 yards (91 meters) from the site where a
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A long-term Pacific Northwest study of landslides, clear-cutting timber and building roads shows that a forest’s management history has a greater impact on how often landslides
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Do you have an idea for reducing waste in your neighborhood, workplace, school, your favorite park or restaurant, or other community space, but aren’t sure how to get started? Apply for The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Community Innovation Fund.
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The Bend Park and Recreation District is in the midst of a series of improvements at its riverfront parks, where increased use has caused river bank and habitat issues. With projects now underway at Drake and Riverbend parks, BPRD asked for public input Wednesday on design concepts to improve access at McKay, Miller’s Landing and Columbia parks.
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“We are really concerned about the value of our properties, the land value. We also have some real concern about potential lost tax revenue for the county, so there are a number of concerns. Many of them were raised today.”
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Three proposed Deschutes County landfill sites in the Millican Valley got early opposition from some members of the public, ahead of Tuesday’s meeting by the county’s Solid Waste Advisory Committee, which drew a packed crowd.
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When it comes to buying or decorating a home, the kitchen appliances can be a key factor. A recent national debate over one of those appliances has some Central Oregon consumers considering or changing their minds and making a switch, due to health concerns.
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A 40-foot sperm whale that beached on Oregon’s northwestern coast was killed after being struck by a ship, federal biologists conducting a post-mortem examination of the animal determined Monday. Biologists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries agency, NOAA Fisheries, came to that
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The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice Thursday of its intent to sue two federal agencies for approving a habitat conservation plan in the upper Deschutes River that it claims fails to ensure the Wickiup Dam won’t drive the threatened Oregon spotted frog extinct.
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A fairly snowy, wet start to winter has not taken Crook County out of “extreme,” even “exceptional” drought categories, so county officials have declared a drought emergency — two months earlier than last year — and asked Gov. Tina Kotek to do the same, to enable state help. Crook-County-drought-emergency-declaration-2Download
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