Efforts to conserve the carbon stored in tropical forests would be enhanced by linking the work to the charismatic, threatened primates that live there, Oregon State University ecologists assert in a paper published Thursday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Central Oregon Community College earlier this year was named a Tree Campus USA — and now it’s been designated a Bee Campus USA as well.
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Songbirds learning from nearby birds that food supplies might be growing short respond by changing their physiology, as well as their behavior, research by the Oregon State University College of Science shows.
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A cool, wet spring delayed, but won’t head off the earliest shutoff of the Arnold Irrigation District’s summer irrigation deliveries since the district was formed 117 years ago. But there’s hope, in the form of an upcoming canal-piping project, that can be headed off in coming years.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., announced Friday that the city of La Pine will receive more than $17.7 million in loans and grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for municipal water improvements to transition away from septic systems contaminating groundwater for residents and small businesses.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum reacted with dismay to Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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The Environmental Center in Bend hosted an online gathering Wednesday night to discuss a new approach to renewable energy. The presentation was called Power Hour: Homegrown Renewables Series- Community-Wide 100% Renewable Energy: Can We Get There? Oregon Lawmakers last year passed legislation to let communities buy renewable energy from Pacific Power or Portland General ElectricE
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The evening grosbeak, a noisy and charismatic songbird, once arrived at Oregon State University in springtime flocks so vast, an OSU statistics professor estimated there were up to a quarter-million of the birds on campus daily.
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A U.S. District Court judge issued a ruling Tuesday preventing Scott Timber from clearcutting old-growth forest that was previously part of the Elliott State Forest, a conservation group said.
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Homebuyers will have an easier time finding out how much they’ll be spending for a home’s energy use.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County’s Department of Solid Waste is hosting special one-day collection events next month in Sisters and La Pine, where residents can drop off household hazardous waste for free. At these events, residents can drop off household hazardous waste products such as lawn and gardening products, photo and pool/spa chemicals, paint,
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PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A new series of free, public events about the Crooked River watershed is coming to Prineville, starting this July. Your Watershed: Community Conversations is a participatory forum where local experts and neighbors will explore the environmental and ecological conditions, trends, and solutions around the Crooked River watershed and its inhabitants. The
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Land managers have invested millions of dollars annually since the 1980s to place large pieces of wood back in streams, owing primarily to its importance for fish habitat. But little is known about how large wood in streams impacts birds and land-based animals. Oregon State University scientists Ezmie Trevarrow and Ivan Arismendi are
Continue ReadingOne month in, Bend’s new Bird electric bike rental program has seen success, but not without some complaints about them being left scattered around town.
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A group of Oregon State University students placed second out of 17 teams representing five countries in the Department of Energy’s 2022 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition.
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon health officials say the impacts of climate change, including more devastating wildfires, heat waves, drought and poor air quality, are fueling “climate anxiety” among young people. Their findings have been published in a report that highlights youth feelings of distress, anger and frustration
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On Monday, Deschutes County commissioners will review and discuss proposed criteria to help evaluate potential locations for the county’s new solid waste management facility. At this early stage, there is not a list of potential sites under consideration, officials said Friday.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is seeking people from across the state to be part of a new Equity Advisory Committee to help guide the Climate Protection Program. The deadline for interested individuals to provide a brief statement of interest has been extended to July 8. The committee will be a key
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The benefits provided by four giant hydroelectric dams on the lower Snake River in Washington state can be replaced if the dams are breached to save endangered salmon runs, according to a new report released Thursday. But it would be expensive. Finding other ways to
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The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are set to receive about $25 million in federal funds to tackle the reservation’s long-standing water issues, the Indian Health Service announced this week.
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