Columbia Insight
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
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10mHow well did Seattle handle environmental impacts of the World Cup?
Lots of “green city” rhetoric greeted 3 million soccer visitors, but mitigation efforts aren’t easy to quantify
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12mWashington’s endangered lynx make a breakthrough
Five years ago, the Colville Tribes began releasing lynx into the wild. Here’s what’s happened since
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4mAuthor-illustrator wins award for coho salmon artwork
The honor from the National Museum of Wildlife Art caught the artist by surprise but the work is sublime
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10mAt the confluence of 3 rivers, a floodplain oasis is growing
Once a dominant habitat in the Willamette Valley, a floodplain forest along I-5 is making a comeback
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9mHanford advisory board to be gutted, reshaped by longtime real estate developer
The federal government will restructure oversight of the country’s most polluted place under an inexperienced appointee