Oregon governor declares drought emergencies in Deschutes, Grant counties
Despite snow falling in several parts of Oregon on Friday, Gov. Tina Kotek warned conditions remain very dry in parts of the state.
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Potential closure of fall-run ocean Chinook season off Oregon coast affects tribes, fishermen
The Pacific Marine Fisheries Council is considering three plans for the summer ocean salmon season, none of which would allow Chinook fishing until September for much of Oregon coast.

‘We’re not going away.’ EPA pressures Oregon to clean up groundwater pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency's Region 10 Administrator Casey Sixkiller on Monday warned Oregon government agencies that federal authorities will take action if the state doesn’t quickly address nitrate contamination cleanup in Eastern Oregon.

New research points to another big problem for endangered orcas in the Northwest: inbreeding
New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts.

A Northwest dryland wheat farmer looks to the sky, contemplates the coming harvest
Even with all the rain and snow in California this winter, it’s been pretty dry in our region, especially in much of eastern Oregon and parts of eastern Washington. For wheat farmers, that means there could be some nail-biting months ahead.

After the dams: Restoring the Klamath River will take billions of native seeds
Restoration contractor Resource Environmental Solutions and area tribes will plant up to 19 billion native seeds as the Klamath Dams come out and reservoirs are drained.

A year after Superfund designation, Bradford Island cleanup hasn’t started
Many who want to see Bradford Island restored are frustrated with the drawn out process. Some are calling on the EPA to hold the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accountable now and take over cleanup responsibilities.
Deep-sea volcano off the Oregon Coast helps scientists forecast eruptions
Northwest scientists are going to great distances – and great depths – hoping to help us understand our volcanic risk closer to home.

Most of Oregon’s ocean fall-run chinook fishing season could be canceled
The Pacific Fisheries Management Council is concerned about fall Chinook populations affected by drought in the Klamath and Sacramento rivers.

Oregon researchers develop new treatment for endangered sea stars
The sunflower sea star is a keystone species that lives along the Pacific Coast, but it is critically endangered. That's because of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome, which causes the animals to dissolve.

Air curtain incinerator transforms wildfire slash into soil-enrichment material
Roughly two years after the devastating blaze, recovery efforts from the Holiday Farm Fire continue in the McKenzie River Corridor. One tool does a fresh take on the “lemons to lemonade” proverb, by taking one by-product of salvage efforts and converting it into something useful.