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Not enough seedlings, other priorities prevent replanting after wildfires
Recent fires in Pacific Northwest account for “more than twice the impact to our company as the Mount St. Helens eruption,” says Weyerhaeuser The post Not enough seedlings, other priorities prevent replanting after wildfires appeared first on Columbia Insight. Not enough seedlings, other priorities prevent replanting after wildfires was first posted on February 22, 2022 at 8:42 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Long-awaited update: Court cancels mining permits near Mount St. Helens
Forest Service, BLM violated law by authorizing drilling in Washington’s Green River Valley. Conservationists want a permanent solution The post Long-awaited update: Court cancels mining permits near Mount St. Helens appeared first on Columbia Insight. Long-awaited update: Court cancels mining permits near Mount St. Helens was first posted on February 15, 2022 at 8:40 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Uneven load: How rural communities shoulder the energy burden of cities
Large-scale alternative energy installations aren’t the win-win for rural counties they’re made out to be The post Uneven load: How rural communities shoulder the energy burden of cities appeared first on Columbia Insight. Uneven load: How rural communities shoulder the energy burden of cities was first posted on February 10, 2022 at 7:56 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
250,000 juvenile steelhead gone after hatchery failure
Washington officials blame equipment malfunction for loss of the bulk of Lyons Ferry Fish Hatchery’s Wallowa stock summer steelhead The post 250,000 juvenile steelhead gone after hatchery failure appeared first on Columbia Insight. 250,000 juvenile steelhead gone after hatchery failure was first posted on February 7, 2022 at 9:29 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Something good happened in the ocean last year. So can we celebrate?
Record-setting biomass density in the North Pacific should make life easier for Columbia River incoming salmon and steelhead The post Something good happened in the ocean last year. So can we celebrate? appeared first on Columbia Insight. Something good happened in the ocean last year. So can we celebrate? was first posted on February 3, 2022 at 9:19 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Serial DEQ violator shutting down for good
Citing rising costs and dwindling profits, a wood treatment plant that's been on the same Oregon site since the 1940s says it's going out of business The post Serial DEQ violator shutting down for good appeared first on Columbia Insight. Serial DEQ violator shutting down for good was first posted on February 1, 2022 at 12:43 pm.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Salmon are no longer kings of the Columbia. That has biologists worried
A recent report shows an explosion of growth of a non-native species in the Columbia River. What does that mean for salmon and the cultures built on them? The post Salmon are no longer kings of the Columbia. That has biologists worried appeared first on Columbia Insight. Salmon are no longer kings of the Columbia. That has biologists worried was first posted on January 27, 2022 at 7:33 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Massive expansion of Mt. Hood recreation areas could be coming
Sick of crowded trails? A major plan to disperse human traffic around Mt. Hood and the Columbia River Gorge is in the works The post Massive expansion of Mt. Hood recreation areas could be coming appeared first on Columbia Insight. Massive expansion of Mt. Hood recreation areas could be coming was first posted on January 20, 2022 at 9:18 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
How do you rehabilitate the largest body of freshwater west of the Rockies?
In southern Oregon, water quality in Upper Klamath Lake is in a state of crisis. No one knows quite what to do about it The post How do you rehabilitate the largest body of freshwater west of the Rockies? appeared first on Columbia Insight. How do you rehabilitate the largest body of freshwater west of the Rockies? was first posted on January 19, 2022 at 11:47 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Grizzlies in the Cascades? Lawsuit seeks to reverse shutdown of bear recovery program
In 2020 the Department of the Interior kaiboshed a long-running grizzly restoration study. Its authors and supporters still want answers The post Grizzlies in the Cascades? Lawsuit seeks to reverse shutdown of bear recovery program appeared first on Columbia Insight. Grizzlies in the Cascades? Lawsuit seeks to reverse shutdown of bear recovery program was first posted on January 13, 2022 at 9:35 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Senators propose law to stop Klickitat County cougar hunts
If passed into law, a bill aimed at Sheriff Bob Songer’s controversial ‘dangerous wildlife policy’ would curtail county’s authority The post Senators propose law to stop Klickitat County cougar hunts appeared first on Columbia Insight. Senators propose law to stop Klickitat County cougar hunts was first posted on January 10, 2022 at 1:49 pm.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
How your laundry pollutes rivers. What you can do about it
Plastic garbage isn’t just an ocean problem. Microplastics from clothes and other domestic sources are proliferating in the Columbia and Snake rivers The post How your laundry pollutes rivers. What you can do about it appeared first on Columbia Insight. How your laundry pollutes rivers. What you can do about it was first posted on January 6, 2022 at 8:50 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
Inmates raise 42,000 sagebrush seedlings
The effort will go toward rehabilitating site of 2020 Indian Creek Fire that destroyed more than 48,000 acres The post Inmates raise 42,000 sagebrush seedlings appeared first on Columbia Insight. Inmates raise 42,000 sagebrush seedlings was first posted on January 4, 2022 at 2:30 pm.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
10 biggest environmental stories of 2021
Too much fire, too little rain and political wrangling over wildlife marked a year of increasing upheaval. Somehow, the planet survived The post 10 biggest environmental stories of 2021 appeared first on Columbia Insight. 10 biggest environmental stories of 2021 was first posted on December 23, 2021 at 7:07 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
‘Phenomenal memory’ guides elk to winter sites right on time
An Oregon program started in the '70s to stop elk from ravaging haystacks has become a winter tradition—for elk and people who love to see them The post ‘Phenomenal memory’ guides elk to winter sites right on time appeared first on Columbia Insight. ‘Phenomenal memory’ guides elk to winter sites right on time was first posted on December 22, 2021 at 9:24 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
What does ‘quasi-extinction’ actually mean?
Snake River chinook are now “quasi-extinct.” That’s scary news for more than just salmon The post What does ‘quasi-extinction’ actually mean? appeared first on Columbia Insight. What does ‘quasi-extinction’ actually mean? was first posted on December 16, 2021 at 7:18 am.©2022 "Columbia Insight". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact me at info@columbiainsight.org
How a federal program contributed to southern Oregon’s groundwater crisis
For two decades the Bureau of Reclamation has incentivized farmers to pump water faster than the resource could recover. Now, Klamath County is paying the price The post How a federal program contributed to southern Oregon’s groundwater crisis appeared first on Columbia Insight.
As West withers corporations consolidate land and water rights
With farms, ranches and rural communities facing historic drought, a worrying trend leads to a critical question: Who owns the water? The post As West withers corporations consolidate land and water rights appeared first on Columbia Insight.
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