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Portland International Airport’s timber roof is famous. Where’s the wood from? New signs explain

1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Jordan Rane |Columbia Insight

Since the remodeled Portland International Airport was unveiled in August 2024, reviews have been effusive. Enter the first major U.S. airport with a timber roof and the wow factor is everywhere. Undertaken at a cost of $2.1 billion, the four-year PDX remodel uses 3.7 million board feet of wood. It features a nine-acre Douglas fir roof, Oregon white oak flooring and expansive ligneous detailing everywhere in between.
Group alleges Port of Morrow misled Kotek for permission to dump toxic water

1 month ago | oregonlive.com | Kendra Chamberlain |Columbia Insight

A group of 26 conservation nonprofits, grassroots organizations and community leaders have signed a letter sent to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek alleging the Port of Morrow, located along the Columbia River in northeastern Oregon, intentionally misled the governor about its wastewater storage capacity while seeking an emergency order earlier this year. The Feb.
Some of the best sagebrush habitat in the PNW just earned further protection

2 months ago | oregonlive.com | Kendra Chamberlain |Columbia Insight

The sun sets over sagebrush at the Painted Hills, found within the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in central Oregon. The Bureau of Land Management is expanding protections across 1.1 million acres of land in the Greater Hart-Sheldon area in southeastern Oregon.Jamie Hale/The Oregonian
Oregon will get its first wildlife overpass

Jan 14, 2025 | ictnews.org | Columbia Insight

Kendra ChamberlainColumbia Insight The terrain south of Ashland, Oregon, stretching to the California border sits at an incredible intersection of ecological systems. Here, the ancient Siskiyou Mountains meet the volcanic Cascades, the high desert of the Great Basin, the Klamath Mountains and the oak woodlands of Northern California. Dubbed an “ecological wonderland” and home to an impressive list of flora and fauna, the area was designated as the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2000.
Oregon will get its first wildlife overpass

Jan 14, 2025 | yahoo.com | Columbia Insight

Kendra ChamberlainColumbia Insight The terrain south of Ashland, Oregon, stretching to the California border sits at an incredible intersection of ecological systems. Here, the ancient Siskiyou Mountains meet the volcanic Cascades, the high desert of the Great Basin, the Klamath Mountains and the oak woodlands of Northern California. Dubbed an “ecological wonderland” and home to an impressive list of flora and fauna, the area was designated as the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2000.
How the new wildlife crossing over I-5 will help delicate Oregon ecosystem

Jan 11, 2025 | oregonlive.com | Kendra Chamberlain |Columbia Insight

The terrain south of Ashland and stretching to the California border sits at an incredible intersection of ecological systems. Here, the ancient Siskiyou Mountains meet the volcanic Cascades, the high desert of the Great Basin, the Klamath Mountains and the oak woodlands of Northern California. Dubbed an “ecological wonderland” and home to an impressive list of flora and fauna, the area was designated as the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in 2000.
Report raises possibility of doing away with Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission

Jan 8, 2025 | ictnews.org | Columbia Insight

K.C. MehaffeyColumbia InsightConservation groups and hunters and anglers in Washington want the same things for the state’s fish and wildlife populations: health, stability and abundance. But anyone who’s attended a Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting over the last few years wouldn’t know it.
Report raises possibility of doing away with Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission

Jan 8, 2025 | yahoo.com | Columbia Insight

K.C. MehaffeyColumbia InsightConservation groups and hunters and anglers in Washington want the same things for the state’s fish and wildlife populations: health, stability and abundance. But anyone who’s attended a Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting over the last few years wouldn’t know it.
$10K reward offered for info on 2 endangered gray wolves killed in Washington

Oct 31, 2024 | oregonlive.com | Chuck Thompson |Columbia Insight

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this week that the agencies are seeking information connected to the illegal killing of two federally listed endangered gray wolves. According to the federal agency, an adult male wolf was killed on Oct. 6 east of the Klickitat River near Highway 142 and Goldendale in Klickitat County. An adult female wolf was found dead near Twisp in Okanogan County two weeks later.
A rare water collaboration is overcoming regulatory obstacles

Oct 19, 2024 | ictnews.org | Columbia Insight

Kendra ChamberlainColumbia Insight Conserving water across state lines is no easy task. Last year—for the first time ever—Washington was able to enroll an Oregon surface water right, held by the Washington City of Walla Walla, into the state’s Water Trust Program, ensuring minimum stream flows throughout the summer in Mill Creek to ensure fish migration. An important tributary of the Walla Walla River, Mill Creek Watershed is Walla Walla’s primary source of water.

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