Native representation in decision-making processes is meager compared to business interests’ Another wildfire season is already underway, with fires burning around Klamath Falls. Drought conditions across 85% of Oregon have threatened a worse fire season ...
21 Apr 2021 - B. Toastie
What should the state do with all the forestland left scarred by recent wildfires? West Coast wildfires burned a historic 5 million acres of land this season, but as the ash settles in Oregon’s forests, the state faces a new challenge: What happens next? ...
18 Nov 2020 - Joe Opaleski
Taking lessons from the original stewards of the Pacific Northwest landscape could help Oregon avoid disastrous wildfire seasons T his past wildfire season was one of the most destructive on record. Over a million acres of Oregon burned, and 40,000 people ...
21 Oct 2020 - B. Toastie
Episode 12: The longtime vendor talks about the future of Street Roots, the state and the planet On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, longtime Street Roots vendor Dan Newth joined host DeVon Pouncey and discussed what it has been like to be able t ...
14 Oct 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
A therapist, medical doctors, journalists and a firefighter are in the thick of today's crises A month of utter destruction caused by devastating wildfires. Four months of nightly standoffs with protesters standing up for Black lives and against poli ...
7 Oct 2020 - Jessica Pollard
The eight plaintiffs say police arrested them after closing a park that was designated for unhoused campers displaced by the Almeda fire At least eight people, some of whom are homeless, say they plan to sue the city of Medford, the Medford Police Departm ...
7 Oct 2020 - Joe Opaleski
In 2007, a flash flood ripped through Kathryn McKelvey’s home in a rural Oregon town, leaving her family homeless. As fires now consume the West, her story shows how the climate crisis is throwing families into poverty and homelessness. The increasing inf ...
21 Sep 2020 - Kathryn McKelvey
Some houseless campers remained in Forest Park despite thick smoke and fire risk this past week Under a blanket of sickly-colored smoke billowing overhead, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler on Sept. 10 ordered the closure of all city parks, citing the risk of fi ...
19 Sep 2020 - Henry Latourett...
As the air quality remains 'very unhealthy,' many people experiencing homelessness remain outdoors, choking on smoke Historically poor air quality brought increasing health risks to the forefront of the houseless community in Portland this week ...
16 Sep 2020 - Jessica Pollard
Opinion | Street Roots suspended our print edition this week because of the air quality It wasn’t much, but it was pizza – a small effort at fire prevention. Mike D, a Street Roots vendor who coordinates action team outreach, and I crossed the busy St. He ...
12 Sep 2020 - Kaia Sand