April Ehrlich
Oregon Public BroadcastingApril Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on the impacts of wildfires on marginalized groups. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
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Oregon is on the verge of major changes to the rules that govern how state, federal and privately owned forestlands are logged, and how vulnerable species are protected. -
Oregon forestry officials are moving ahead with a controversial plan that will reduce logging on state lands west of the Cascades. -
Cities that challenged Oregon's new climate policies in 2022 will have to follow rules around designing more walkable neighborhoods, beefing up electric vehicle infrastructure and more following a court decision issued Wednesday. -
Three sawmills have closed in Oregon within less than two months, prompting several counties’ leaders to grill state forestry officials about a plan that would limit logging in western Oregon forests. -
Southern resident orcas are now listed as endangered under Oregon law, providing additional protections to their struggling population. -
The Oregon King Tides Project is requesting photos taken on the coast during specific winter days, when the ocean tides are at their highest. -
Colorado's ambitious plan to restore wolves taps into years-old tensions in Oregon. -
Mysterious respiratory illnesses are sickening dogs in several states, including in Oregon. Veterinary experts aren't sure what's causing dogs to become sick or even how to treat them. -
The Jackson County Animal Services shelter has closed to the public, including volunteers, at least through Thanksgiving weekend. It has also stopped pet adoptions until at least Dec. 5. -
The announcement marks a major roadblock for the 82,000-acre forest that’s been immersed in controversy for more than a decade. -
An Oregon bat won the annual photo contest organized by the Bureau of Land Management for the second year in a row. -
Researchers with Oregon State University aim to test about 1,600 wild animals for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
