Bradley W. Parks
Oregon Public Broadcasting-
All adults should be eligible to receive a COVID-19 shot by May 1. Oregon will also allow individual counties to move through the timeline faster if they can. -
Environmental DNA, or eDNA, can help identify who鈥檚 in a river, stream or creek. Now, it鈥檚 helping scientists learn how threatened salmon and trout adapt to a changing environment. -
Gov. Kate Brown cheered the president鈥檚 ambition and said Oregon will adjust its timelines accordingly 鈥渋f the doses are there.鈥� -
Smaller, faster-melting snowpack could deplete water supplies, increase wildfire risk and invite invasive species. The Cascades might reach that point earlier. -
Zebra and quagga mussels can quickly establish in watersheds, wreaking havoc on the food chain. -
The federal government has approved a lease for a wave energy test site in federal waters off the Oregon Coast. -
The legislation would add thousands of miles of rivers and streams to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers program to expand recreation, safeguard water quality and prepare for wildfire. -
A coalition of environmental and animal rights groups wants to halt permitting industrial dairy operations in Oregon 鈥� at least until more regulations are in place, perhaps for good 鈥� as the industry tries to heal the "black eye" left by Lost Valley Farms. -
Many of Donald Trump鈥檚 actions on endangered species, energy, hazardous chemicals and more are on hold as President Joe Biden takes office.
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The buzzer-beating removal of Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf has led to multiple lawsuits against the Trump administration. -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the northern spotted owl deserves an upgrade to 鈥渆ndangered鈥� status. The agency passed on its chance to do so and is now cutting its protected habitat by several acres. -
Temperatures are going up. Wildfires are happening more often. Sea levels are rising. Climate change has entered the conversation in Oregon.
