An Oregon State University-led research center has been awarded $5.9 million to support studies aimed at understanding how environmental exposure to chemicals affect human health.
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With most summer entertainment on hold due to COVID- 19, many people who looked forward to concerts and shows at the Les Schwab Amphitheater are working to get refunds.
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Fish exposed to very low levels of chemicals commonly found in waterways can pass the impacts on to future generations that were never directly exposed to the chemicals, according to Oregon State University researchers.
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The Deschutes National Forest said Tuesday it is seeking public comment on a proposed Cave Management Forest Order that would prohibit specific activities in and around caves where these activities are causing adverse impacts to cave resources.
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., lead sponsor of the Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act, released the following statement Monday marking the four-year anniversary of the signing of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. The Lautenberg Act gave the Environmental Protection Agency the power to ban asbestos and required the EPA to have
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality said a new federal rule that took effect Monday “has serious and potentially damaging implications for ensuring clean, safe and healthy water in Oregon and elsewhere.”
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There is a new product on the market for businesses interested in protecting their establishment from bacteria and viruses like COVID 19.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend city councilors Wednesday evening voted to establish the Environment and Climate Committee. The committee’s primary focus is to provide input and recommendations to the City Council on topics related to environmental stewardship and to oversee implementation of the Community Climate Action Plan, adopted in December. This permanent committee will have expertise and
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – The Bureau of Land Management is proposing updates to antiquated regulations governing administration of timber sales, as well as a new tool designed to streamline and improve analysis of projects designed to reduce fuel loads and improve forest health by removing dead and dying trees. Both proposals better reflect how BLM plans
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ODFW is seeking public comment on a request to provide a waiver from the state’s fish passage requirements for a new hydroelectric project situated on the Crooked River at the Bowman Dam in Crook County.
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Central Oregon saw Pandora moths nearly everywhere last summer. Now, they’ve laid eggs, and their eggs have hatched, revealing 3-inch-long caterpillars.
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By Eric Tegethoff, Oregon News Service KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (KTVZ) — With the Klamath Basin expected to see one of the driest years on record, struggles for salmon in southern Oregon are piling up this year. The Yurok Tribe and commercial fishing groups tried to convince a federal court that an emergency motion to increase
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SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined a multi-state coalition Wednesday in filing a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s final rule rollback of the national Clean Car Standards. The previous standards required improvements in fuel economy and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from passenger cars and light trucks. Since their introduction in 2010, these standards
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A rapid response team of local, state and federal agencies and the Warm Springs tribes recently held a tabletop exercise in the event invasive mussels are found, in this scenario in a visiting boat at Lake Billy Chinook,
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A federal grant from the U.S. Department of Interior announced earlier this year will be matched with funds raised by hunting/wildlife conservation groups to make migration safer for big game and other wildlife in Central Oregon.
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Two of Drake Park’s most popular trees could be in danger of being uprooted: a weeping willow and a Ponderosa pine, in particular, for a long-planned trail expansion.
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Big changes this summer if you plan to float the river in Bend because of the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Oregon State University, the University of Washington and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks will receive up to $300 million to lead a new institute focused on climate, ocean and coastal challenges that demand collaboration and sharing of scientific resources.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Pacific fisher, a weasel-like carnivore native to Oregon’s southern old growth forests, has been denied endangered species protection in the state, the latest twist in a legal back-and-forth that has continued for 20 years. In the decision issued last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, declined to grant the
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Many lakes and resorts are reopening very soon, and with clear roads and no more snow, many people are taking advantage of the opportunity to social distance outside.
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