Northwest Native nations applaud presidential memo on salmon Northwest Native nations continue to sound the alarm on threatened native fish populations in the Columbia River Basin, and the White House is paying attention. In a historic first, President Jo ...
15 Nov 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
The bills would remove longstanding legal barriers that severely limited The Confederated Tribe of Siletz Indians and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde tribal members’ ability to hunt, gather, fish and trap in their ancestral homelands The ability to ...
16 Aug 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
The mine begins construction amid protest from Oregon and Nevada tribes, environmentalists The electric car is here to save the environment — unless the environment in question is atop or around precious minerals like lithium needed in car batteries. A fe ...
7 Mar 2023 - Melanie Henshaw
A major river restoration project is likely forthcoming, but fish and tribes in the basin face ongoing water and climate troubles A decades-long effort to remove four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River may soon come to fruition. In the Klamath Basi ...
2 Nov 2022 - Melanie Henshaw
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
Demonstrators demand the Army Corps of Engineers remove dams to restore salmon for Puget Sound killer whales Braving the rain and cold, 80 people marched with 20-foot banners to lay flowers, cedar and ferns in honor of recently deceased orcas. They had a ...
12 Oct 2018 - Stephen Quirke
Concerned property owners in Coos County are pushing back after the blocked proposal resurges In the whirlwind of deregulation and corporate jubilance surrounding President Donald Trump, Canada-based Veresen Inc. hopes to find some new wind in its sails. ...
16 Mar 2017 - Stephen Quirke
Elden Hillaire, of the Lummi Nation, discusses threats to the region’s tribal lands on the heels of Trump’s executive orders concerning the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines President Donald Trump made headlines just days after his inauguration when ...
16 Feb 2017 - Stephen Quirke