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"The Battle To Protect One Of America’s Last Wild Landscapes" [1]

"An unlikely alliance of ranchers, Indigenous communities and environmentalists is trying to save the Owyhee Canyonlands."

Environmental Politics [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: HuffPost [6], 04/01/2021
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"Some Green Groups Oppose Lower Snake River Dam Removal Plan" [7]

"A coalition of 17 environmental groups is speaking out against a key part of a sweeping plan to remove the lower Snake River dams to save salmon and steelhead."

Agriculture [8]
Environmental Politics [2]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: AP [12], 03/29/2021
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April 7, 2021

DEADLINE: IJNR Virtual Workshop on Wildfire in the West [13]

Join the Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources for a two-day virtual workshop, Apr 22-23, 2021, to address Western wildfire issues and how we need to shift our thinking about fire in order to to live alongside it. Deadline: Apr 7.

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Disasters [15]
Forests [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
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California [18]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]

COVID, Squalor Threaten Tribes In Indian Fishing Sites Along Columbia R [20]

"Indian fishing platforms cling precariously to the rocks, part of a way of life on the Columbia River persisting for more than 10,000 years."

Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Health [22]
Environmental Justice [23]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
People & Population [24]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: Seattle Times [25], 03/01/2021
  • Read more about COVID, Squalor Threaten Tribes In Indian Fishing Sites Along Columbia R [20]

"This GOP Congressman Wants To Remove 4 Dams To Save Idaho’s Salmon" [26]

"An Idaho Republican congressman wants to end the salmon wars by removing select hydroelectric dams, replacing the electricity lost, paying communities and businesses, and giving American Indian tribes more power."

Agriculture [8]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [2]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: Idaho Statesman [27], 02/08/2021
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Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News [28]

President Biden’s national climate advisor Gina McCarthy joined an outspoken U.S. senator and a roundtable of elite journalists last week to preview dramatic changes possibly ahead in U.S. and international climate policy, environmental justice, clean energy and more. Get the upshot from the Society of Environmental Journalists’ 2021 Guide to Energy & Environment event. Plus, watch video of the full program [29].

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Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [2]
Government [32]
Health [33]
Journalism & Media [17]
Laws & Regulations [10]
People & Population [24]
Policy [34]
Science [35]
Water & Oceans [11]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [36]
California [18]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [37]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [19]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [38]
International [39]
Europe [40]
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Public [4]
  • Read more about Top Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News [28]

Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Hit [41]

"Rural communities in Oregon paid millions of dollars for clean, safe drinking water because the state didn’t protect their watersheds from logging-related contamination."

Environmental Health [22]
Forests [16]
Pollution [42]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: ProPublica [43], 01/27/2021
  • Read more about Timber Tax Cuts Cost Oregon Towns Billions. Then Polluted Water Hit [41]

"Northwest’s Salmon Population May Be Running Out of Time" [44]

"A Washington State report put it bluntly: Because of the devastating effects of climate change and deteriorating habitats, several species of salmon in the Pacific Northwest are “on the brink of extinction.”"

Climate Change [31]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Water & Oceans [11]
Public [4]
California [18]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: NYTimes [45], 01/21/2021
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"A Thin Green Line with Global Impact" [46]

"During a decade when Cascadia’s governments flouted their carbon emissions goals, activists fighting fossil fuel exports exceeded their wildest expectations."

Climate Change [31]
Energy & Fuel [21]
Environmental Politics [2]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Canada [47]
Source: Investigate West [48], 01/19/2021
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Trump Admin Slashes Critical Habitat For Northern Spotted Owl [49]

"The Trump administration has cut designated critical habitat for the northern spotted owl by millions of acres in Oregon, Washington and California."

Biodiversity [50]
Forests [16]
Laws & Regulations [10]
Wildlife [51]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [5]
Source: OPB [52], 01/14/2021
  • Read more about Trump Admin Slashes Critical Habitat For Northern Spotted Owl [49]

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