Columbia Insight
Are environmental impacts of new Portland Water Bureau filtration plant being overlooked?
The Bull Run Filtration Project near Oxbow Park has passed compliance milestones, but locals are questioning the legitimacy of the city's environmental assessment
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15mThis 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?
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3mOregon 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
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21mA 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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6mGroundwater is definitely declining. What now?
“We need to protect water supplies,” says Wash. Gov. Ferguson. But conservation alone won't solve the problem
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14mForest 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