Monica Samayoa
Science & Environment Reporter | OPBMonica Samayoa is a reporter with OPB’s Science & Environment unit. Before OPB, Monica was an on-call general assignment reporter at KQED in San Francisco. She also helped produce The California Report and KQED Newsroom. In 2017 she studied abroad in Sydney, Australia, where she attended University of Technology Sydney to finish her degree. There, she was able to get her first taste in radio while producing and hosting for 2SER, Sydney Educational Radio.
Monica holds a bachelor's degree in Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts from San Francisco State University.
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Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana have agreed to work together to rebuild the Columbia River Basin’s salmon and steelhead stocks. -
A proposed habitat conservation plan would provide long-term protections for endangered species while also giving the timber industry certainty for future logging.
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Dams on the Willamette’s four key tributaries block between 40% and 90% of spawning habitat.
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The draft proposal to reduce the amount of protected habitat is open for public comment.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry says the coronavirus may be contributing to the increase of human-caused fires around the state.
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The U.S. Forest Service is adopting a new rule meant to prevent power lines from sparking wildfires on public lands like California’s deadly 2018 Camp Fire.
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The Oregon Health Authority says anti-racism demonstrations and protests against police brutality are not significant contributors to the rise in COVID-19 cases around the state.
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Many Black people felt excluded and unwelcome from a hike in the forests, well before closures meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will eliminate 47 positions by June 30 due to the economic challenges of COVID-19.
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A proposed rule that would increase hunting and fishing in national wildlife refuges and national fish hatcheries is open for public comment.
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The U.S. Forest Service has begun restoring access to developed recreational sites that were temporarily closed in March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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One of the most popular state parks in Central Oregon will be reopening as the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department continues to slowly reopen more state parks on a daily basis.
