The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and partners will expand research efforts on the coastal subspecies of pacific marten in southwestern Oregon after the agency was awarded a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant this month.
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The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard said Sunday they responded and have been monitoring a container vessel that lost 40 containers overboard during heavy weather early Friday 40 miles from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, near the U.S.-Canadian border.
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By MONICA SAMAYOA Oregon Public Broadcasting PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An agreement between the state of Oregon and a glass recycling plant in Portland says the plant will either shut down or install pollution control technology. Oregon Public Broadcasting reported Friday that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality gave glass recycling facility Owens-Brockway two options
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Parties in a lawsuit involving dams on the Columbia and Snake river system are asking a federal court for a pause in litigation.
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The only energy source of its kind in the world could take shape in Central Oregon in coming years.
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The Sisters Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest will release Friday a draft environmental assessment of the Green Ridge Landscape Restoration Project for a 30-day public comment period.
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Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute has been awarded a $2 million grant to collect data about distribution and density of marine mammals and seabirds that will be used to inform decisions about offshore wind energy development.
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Ever thought about how waste from a brewery can actually be used on a farm?
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Every year, Central Oregon irrigation districts reduce the river flow in the Upper Deschutes River from Wickiup Reservoir to Bend to prepare for the following irrigation season, which creates collateral damage, in the form of hundreds of fish stranded in side channels.
Continue Reading The Oregon Health Authority and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said Tuesday they are teaming up on a project to monitor small public drinking water systems throughout the state, including six in Central Oregon, for the presence of PFAS – a group of chemicals that are becoming a nationwide health concern.
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Portland General Electric and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, co-owners of the Pelton Round Butte hydroelectric project on the Deschutes River, announced Tuesday a $1 million grant to the Deschutes Land Trust for habitat restoration aiding migratory salmon in the Crooked River.
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Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, has been found to lose much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, according to a study that included Oregon State University scientists.
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A team of Oregon State University researchers has received a $2.5 million federal grant to work on reducing harmful emissions from wood-burning stoves, a primary source of heat in Native American communities and in low-resource areas in the United States.
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Earlier this summer, an anonymous local donor reached out to Discover Your Forest to organize a cleanup effort in the China Hat Road area of the Deschutes National Forest south of Bend. The impressive results were announced on Friday.
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Central Oregon Locavore has launched a new program to help reduce waste at the Locavore Indoor Farmers Market. The Container Reuse Program, launched with the help of a grant from The Environmental Center, enables shoppers to reuse glass jars and other containers to purchase bulk items from the store instead of single-use plastics and paper bags.
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According to a new report from Environment Oregon Research & Policy Center, Frontier Group and OSPIRG Foundation, the Portland metro area suffered through 55 days of elevated air pollution in 2020. Eugene experienced 73, and Klamath Falls and Harney County both saw over 100.
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Spoiled food is costing Oregon households real money. In fact, every year the average household loses $1,600 by throwing away spoiled food. And while many people are already taking steps to reduce food waste, research funded by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality found that 85% of Oregon households agreed they could do more to reduce food spoilage.
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A federal judge has stopped a commercial timber harvest near Walton Lake in the Ochoco National Forest, as the request of an environmental group.
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Diesel drivers in Bend soon will be able to fill up their tank with renewable diesel fuel.
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The Deschutes Land Trust and Western Monarch Advocates have joined forces to boost habitat for the imperiled Western monarch butterfly in Oregon.
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