At confluence of Yakima and Columbia a barrier to salmon may finally be removed

This technology is being called the ‘future of grazing in the West’

Barbed-wire fences changed the western US in the 1800s. Can virtual fences change it back?

Oregon recycling program keeps 130,000 mattresses out of landfills in first year

The state contributed to a gangbusters total of 2 million mattresses recycled as part of a four-state program 

A court freed millions for wildfire mitigation. A Trump proposal could freeze it again

Amid fire season in the Gorge, a legal game of chicken over safety funding is playing out between government agencies

Groundwater is definitely declining. What now?

“We need to protect water supplies,” says Wash. Gov. Ferguson. But conservation alone won't solve the problem

Forest Service chief outlines agency’s largest reorganization in a century

Funding for USFS set to fall by 24% in fiscal year 2027. "Morale is horrendous" says a retired forest supervisor