April Ehrlich
Oregon Public BroadcastingApril Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at 老夫子传媒 where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on the impacts of wildfires on marginalized groups.
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A national firefighter labor shortage is making it harder to suppress massive wildfires across the West, with fewer federal teams that Oregon can ask for help. -
Climate change will keep hitting Oregonians hard, but the exact impact will depend on where you liveClimate change will continue to have wide-ranging effects on communities across Oregon, depending on where they are, how many people live there, and how much money their local governments have on hand. -
Oregonians can look up specific tax lots to see how susceptible they are to wildfires. The map won鈥檛 impact homeowner insurance plans. State law prohibits insurance providers from using it to determine premiums or coverage. -
The wild sagebrush deserts of southeastern Oregon are a step closer toward additional environmental protections. -
Environmental groups celebrated the decision, calling it a win for protecting vulnerable species on private land. -
Rising ocean levels could threaten dozens of water treatment plants, fire and police stations and other critical infrastructure along Oregon鈥檚 coastline by 2050, according to an analysis by a science advocacy group that published Tuesday. -
The Biden administration has published its proposed plan for preserving old-growth trees in national forests across the country, opening another opportunity for public input on conserving ancient trees. -
As Oregon鈥檚 summer skies become increasingly filled with wildfire smoke, some communities will have an opportunity to see just how unhealthy their air is. -
Paralytic shellfish poisoning is the most severe type of shellfish poisoning. It's tied to algal blooms that state officials say are getting worse along with climate change. -
The fees will fund Oregon's new mattress recycling program, which could launch as soon as this summer. -
Machine learning algorithms are helping researchers detect the calls of marbled murrelets among millions of hours of audio recordings collected from Oregon and Washington forests. -
Heartworm disease is more prevalent in warmer southern states, but it's becoming more common in Oregon and Washington as temperatures rise.
