Piles of clothes, food, toys, and even buckets of sewage were left at an abandoned campsite off of Lower Bridge Road. To mark Earth Day, volunteers cleaned up trash abandoned at this and other illegal campsites along the rim of the Middle Deschutes River near Terrebonne.
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On Thursday, in recognition of Earth Day, 34 Oregon transit, environmental, housing and community organizations, including Commute Options in Bend, sent a letter to Oregon’s congressional delegation, urging them to increase federal investments in public transit “so that all Americans have access to high-quality, safe, affordable, and reliable public transit service and transit-friendly communities.”
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Cascade Natural Gas ranked at the top of the list of 31 utilities named as 2021 Environmental Champions on Earth Day. The natural survey was conducted by Escalent, a top human behavior and analytics firm.
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Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Thursday they joined colleagues to reintroduce the Green New Deal Resolution, legislation that they said would address the existential challenge of climate change and create millions of good, high-wage jobs in the process.
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State wildlife biologists counted 173 wolves in Oregon this past winter, a 9.5 percent increase over last year’s count of 158, according to the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management 2020 Annual Report, released Wednesday.
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MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A fire and related ammonia in the air at the Organic Valley Creamery in McMinnville prompted an evacuation order Tuesday afternoon for everyone within a half mile of the business. McMinnville Police announced the evacuation at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday because of anhydrous ammonia being released as the fire burns. Police
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Bend-La Pine Schools typically replaces about 20 school buses every two years. That, of course, is not cheap. Fortunately, the district has received $1.1 million in grants to cover 35% of the cost. One of the buses it plans on purchasing will be the first of its kind east of the Cascades.
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Element 1 Corp. of Bend held an event Monday to demonstrate its zero-emission fuel cell technology , operating a golf cart.
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Collaborative efforts to improve and modernize water management in the Deschutes River Basin have reached another milestone with the finalization and public release of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Upper Deschutes River Basin Study, officials said Friday.
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Last year, NewsChannel 21 reported on a rockchuck infestation at Hugh Hartman Elementary — and they’re back this year, at two other Redmond schools as well.
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Seven environmental groups have filed a lawsuit to halt post-fire logging in the Santiam State Forest.
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The Environmental Center will offer a series of events and activities for local individuals, families, students and young kids to celebrate Earth Day. All Central Oregonians are invited to participate between April 16–25.
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Electric bikes are a hot product in Bend, as more people experience the outdoors with an assist to their pedal power.
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A new study by Oregon State University researchers found that shade provided by solar panels increased the abundance of flowers under the panels and delayed the timing of their bloom, both findings that could aid the agricultural community.
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It’s not unusual to find small animals that have contributed to the circle of life…that is, dead. However, when one woman found multiple dead rabbits in her yard, she questioned it.
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It’s pretty well-known that bats like to hang out in caves, but experts say the ecology of Central Oregon’s caves also depends on bats, in ways you may not have thought about.
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Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) led Thursday on a congressional letter, signed by nine House Republicans, urging the U.S. Department of Interior to immediately implement a federal rule previously published on Jan. 15, revising the designation of the critical habitat of the Northern Spotted Owl.
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Aeroponics, hydroponics and aquaponics are words not many people know the meaning of.
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Eucalyptus, a pest-resistant evergreen valued for its hardy lumber and wellness-promoting oil, can be genetically modified not to reproduce sexually, a key step toward preventing the global tree plantation staple from invading native ecosystems.
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A new effort, the Bend Pollinator Pathway, aims to connect habitats throughout Central Oregon to support pollinators such as hummingbirds, butterflies and bees to travel easily and help restore our natural ecosystems.
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