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Oregon nonprofit heads to DC to fight firefighter consolidation plan

3 weeks ago | columbiainsight.org | Kendra Chamberlain

By Kendra Chamberlain. June 4, 2025. A quiet proposal to drastically restructure the nation’s wildland firefighting capabilities is gaining steam, and that has wildland firefighting experts in the Pacific Northwest concerned. A scrappy wildland firefighter nonprofit based in Eugene, Ore., is raising alarm over a Trump administration directive to consolidate federal wildland firefighting into a single super-agency.
Orphaned bobcats on the mend in central Oregon

3 weeks ago | columbiainsight.org | Chuck Thompson

By Chuck Thompson. June 2, 2025. Few experiences are more tragic or terrifying for children than losing a parent. That goes for wildlife as much as it does for people. On May 18, two orphaned bobcat kittens were found alone at a rest stop near Tygh Valley in Wasco County, Ore., with no sign of their mother, who is suspected to have been killed by a vehicle.
Federal government appears ready to roll back salmon protections, shelve deal with Tribes

1 month ago | columbiainsight.org | Kendra Chamberlain

By Kendra Chamberlain. May 7, 2025. Two federal agencies have decided to push back a public comment period on an issue related to the breaching four Lower Snake River dams. The move has sparked concerns that the Trump administration may be working to undo—or at least bury—the historic settlement agreement between a group of Pacific Northwest Tribes and the federal government to restore salmon populations that have been harmed by dam operations in the Columbia River Basin.
Illness fatal to big game animals hits Washington, edges closer to Oregon

1 month ago | columbiainsight.org | K.C. Mehaffey

By K.C. Mehaffey. May 15, 2025. In February 2023, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game held a removal hunt in the Slate Creek area north of Riggins, near Hells Canyon and the Oregon border. State and federal agents and local landowners baited animals and hunted night and day for weeks, ultimately killing 546 deer and nine elk. Of the animals killed, 27 tested positive for chronic wasting disease, including 24 white-tailed deer and three mule deer.
Federal government appears ready to roll back salmon protections, ditch deal with Tribes

1 month ago | columbiainsight.org | Kendra Chamberlain

By Kendra Chamberlain. May 7, 2025. Two federal agencies have decided to push back a public comment period on an issue related to the breaching four Lower Snake River dams. The move has sparked concerns that the Trump administration may be working to undo—or at least bury—the historic settlement agreement between a group of Pacific Northwest Tribes and the federal government to restore salmon populations that have been harmed by dam operations in the Columbia River Basin.
Human killings of wolves are on the rise in Washington

1 month ago | columbiainsight.org | Dawn Stover

By Dawn Stover. May 1, 2025. This year’s report on gray wolves from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had bad news for the species—and for efforts to relax wolf protections. The number of wolves counted in Washington dropped for the first time since wolves returned to the state in 2008. The count of successful breeding pairs also declined significantly, despite a slight increase in the number of wolf packs.
Idaho’s Clearwater River Basin added to ‘most endangered’ list

2 months ago | columbiainsight.org | Kendra Chamberlain

By Kendra Chamberlain, April 28, 2025. The Clearwater River Basin, dubbed a Noah’s Ark for chinook salmon, steelhead and native trout by the conservation group American Rivers, has been added to group’s annual list if Most Endangered Rivers. The move comes after a controversial U.S. Forest Service land management plan stripped protections for 700 miles of river corridors in north-central Idaho’s Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.
How to clean up a pond: Remove 3 trucks

2 months ago | columbiainsight.org | Chuck Thompson

By Chuck Thompson. April 23, 2025. Keep on truckin’ isn’t a phrase you hear much these days, but it’s one that applies to the April 12 efforts of Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR) Planning Department employees, volunteer divers and others who pulled three vehicles from Johnley Pond near the Cayuse community. The cleanup team had expected to recover just one vehicle in the 30-foot-deep pond located north of the Umatilla River in northeastern Oregon.
Big changes are coming to the way Oregon manages mule deer hunts

2 months ago | columbiainsight.org | Kendra Chamberlain

By Kendra Chamberlain. April 16, 2025. As mule deer populations continue to decline across the West, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) says it will use better data to manage its annual mule deer hunts. Specifically, the department wants to update the state’s mule deer hunting units to track population changes. “Mule deer are struggling across the western United States,” ODFW’s spokesperson Michelle Dennehy told Columbia Insight.
Experts say Trump logging mandate would increase wildfire damage

2 months ago | columbiainsight.org | Kendra Chamberlain

By Kendra Chamberlain. April 10, 2025. The Trump administration has issued a jaw-dropping proposal to open up nearly 60% of National Forest land for logging under the guise of wildfire mitigation—but it won’t help reduce wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest. In fact, it will likely make forests—particularly dry forests—more vulnerable to high-intensity wildfire.