10 biggest environmental stories of 2025

Washington’s endangered lynx make a breakthrough

Five years ago, the Colville Tribes began releasing lynx into the wild. Here’s what’s happened since

Author-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

At 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

Hanford 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

A dramatic osprey rescue, a case of lead poisoning

When an osprey tumbled from its nest above the Columbia River, a witness sprung into action