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Former Interior Department attorney makes the case that public lands have more often brought us together, rather than dividing us -
Erik Neumann/JPR/County officials in the Klamath Basin are appealing to federal water regulators for help with hundreds of wells that ran dry last summer. They’re also trying to fix empty, cracked water canals to avoid flooding.
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Environmental advocacy group Food and Water Watch says clean air violations by Oregon’s largest dairy should disqualify it from participating in California’s low-carbon fuels program. -
A study finds tiny leaks from loose fittings added up to more emissions than when stoves were in use. The impact of U.S. gas stoves on climate change amounts to the same effect as a half-million cars.
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Save the Redwoods League purchased and donated the 523-acre area to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wildnerness Council, a group of 10 tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years.
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Interview with Oregon State University reasearchers on their work to make hatcheries more like natural fish habitats.
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Interview with OSU earthquake specialist about Cascadia earthquake zone and why we need to be prepared.
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Advocates say federal spending on wildfire prevention could rebuild forest industry jobs and help rural communities. Critics say the plan relies too heavily on logging.
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Interview with Professor Jordan Kern of North Carolina University about his team's research into west coast global warming's threat to the electric grid.
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Interview with Chris Begley, who is both an archaeologist and a survival coach, who lays out examples in The Next Apocalypse: The Art and Science of Survival of how to survive and move on catastrophes.
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In Blodgett Forest, west of Lake Tahoe, researchers grapple with the state’s forest-management history while investigating what it means to have a healthy one.
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The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest was awarded $100,000 this week to reduce damaging wildfire risk in the watershed that provides drinking water to Medford and surrounding communities.
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Interview with jurisdictions about Bear Creek Greenway projects.
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Southern Oregon’s Lake Abert is a stopover for tens of thousands of migratory birds that use it to rest and fatten up on bugs and brine shrimp. But in 2021 it dried up. JPR’s Erik Neumann spoke with Rob Davis, an investigative reporter at the Oregonian, about what happened to Lake Abert last year.
