Oregon’s DEQ objects to EPA’s draft water quality permits for four lower Columbia River dams, saying they don’t address the dams’ effects on temperature and total dissolved gas levels in the river.
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Central Oregon Locavore in Bend is need of help from the community to raise money for new equipment.
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Seeking to increase job safety awareness and to help protect workers against the COVID-19 pandemic, a joint task force has published free resources for the construction industry. The resources provided by the COVID-19 Joint Construction Safety Task Force include a safety checklist, best practices, and photographs.
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Wildfire season is fast approaching, and now the crews that respond to fires will have to follow new social distancing protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bandon resident Angela Haseltine Pozzi founded the Washed Ashore Project 10 years ago. She says the nonprofit group has worked with more than 10,000 volunteers to pick up garbage from Oregon beaches.
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After much consideration, the Deschutes and Willamette national forests said Thursday they will delay the implementation of the Central Cascades Wilderness limited entry permit system until May of 2021.
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Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and 18 other state attorneys general on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s new rule (“Navigable Waters Protection Rule”) redefining the “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
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Swalley Irrigation District says it has completed the latest part of its ambitious plan to pipe all of its irrigation canals, to benefit fish habitat and water users alike.
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Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit over elements of a large Ochoco National Forest thinning and vegetation management project, claiming it would build too many roads, allow logging by streams and fail to identify and protect elk habitat.
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Summer is right around the corner, and as we welcome warmer temperatures in Central Oregon, many people are concerned about whether or not they’ll be able to enjoy their favorite campgrounds.
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Anglers and others should be aware that flows will increase on the Crooked River from Friday, May 1 to Sunday, May 4, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday.
Continue ReadingAn international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable manufacture of biobutanol, an alcohol whose strong potential as a fuel for gasoline-powered engines could pave the path away from fossil fuels.
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Construction is well underway for the Empire Avenue corridor improvements in Bend, but a vandal or vandals have been frequenting work sites and taking or moving traffic control devices from them.
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After getting the “green light” from researchers to proceed, ODOT said Friday it is beginning the final phase of the U.S. Highway 20 tree removal process west of Sisters.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Environmental Center’s Rethink Waste Project seeks participants for its second Rethink Food Waste Challenge, designed to help people reduce their wasted food at home. The challenge is scheduled for May 11 – June 7. Forty percent of food is wasted throughout the supply chain: at the farm, in transport, at
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Advocates for salmon hope the timeline holds for dam removal on the Klamath River, saying it’s a race against time to make sure some salmon species don’t go extinct.
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If you find yourself sneezing or having itchy eyes, it’s probably because of the high count of juniper pollen bringing an early bout of allergies to many in Central Oregon.
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Even with the stay at home order in place, the Deschutes National Forest says illegal dumping continues to be a problem, as a La Pine family recently found.
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Virtual activities, fun-at-home learning opportunities BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Environmental Center’s annual Earth Day celebration has been reimagined so that Central Oregonians can celebrate, connect and take action for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day in safe and meaningful ways. The annual Earth Day Fair & Parade, originally scheduled for Saturday, April 25, was
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CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon State University-led research program has been awarded a $12.7 million grant to serve the Pacific Northwest by studying harmful chemicals found at federally designated hazardous waste sites. The Oregon State University Superfund Research Program received the five-year grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The program has now received
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