Columbia Insight
Sawtooth National Recreation Area turns 50 this week—and it’s no party
After decades of budget and staff cuts, overreliance on volunteers and waning political support, Idaho’s prize wildland feels the pinch on its 50th anniversary
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7mCompany secures world-first fusion power license in Washington
Construction is underway for a plant that will provide electricity for a Microsoft data center
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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