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"Defending Fall Creek" [1]

Lawsuits and tree-sits are among the tactics that activists in the Eugene, Oregon, area are using to resist clearcutting of a patch of ancient forest under the BLM's Western Oregon Plan Revisions.
Activism [2]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Eugene Weekly [5], 06/12/2009

Projects in 12 States Share Wildfire Funding [6]

$15 million of Stimulus funding for 55 projects, designed to help reduce wildfire hazards and reclaim burned lands, could be of substantial interest in the receiving communities.
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TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [8]
Forests [9]
Government [10]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [11]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [12]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [13]
California [14]
Alaska and Hawaii [15]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Feds Ready to Spend $2 Billion on Hanford Cleanup" [16]

The economic stimulus will bring another $2 billion in cleanup funds to the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.
Nuclear Power & Radiation [17]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: AP [18], 05/28/2009

Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [19]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [7]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [20]
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Pollution [22]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region: 
International [24]
National (U.S.) [25]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
California [14]
Mexico [26]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
June 2, 2009

DEADLINE: The Puget Sound Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources [27]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources is inviting applications for its Puget Sound Institute, a nine-day journey in July 2009 through parts of northwest Washington that will examine a variety of newsworthy topics.

Workshops and Fellowships [28]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [29]
Climate Change [20]
Journalism & Media [30]
People & Population [31]
Policy [32]
Science [33]
Water & Oceans [23]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [4]

Chase for Wind Power Turns to Public Lands [34]

"Rows of tall turbines have already remade the landscape on wheat farms and ridgelines on private land around the region. But so far there have been no wind farms built on public land in the Northwest. That's about to change."
Energy & Fuel [35]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Portland Oregonian [36], 05/25/2009

Gov. Orders Wash. Agencies To Cut Greenhouse Emissions [37]

"Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday ordered [Washington] state to reach agreement with its single largest polluter to cut greenhouse-gas emissions by half over the next 15 years."
Climate Change [20]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Seattle Times [38], 05/22/2009

Judge Mulls Breaching Snake River Dams [39]

"Federal officials, who have spent much of the last decade 'avoiding their obligations under the Endangered Species Act,' need a contingency plan to save the endangered fish, the judge says."
Fish & Fisheries [21]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: LA Times [40], 05/20/2009
June 22, 2009 to June 25, 2009

AMA Conference on Broadcast Meteorology [41]

Topics include regional challenges in forecasting, including tropical, severe weather, lake effect, mountain and winter weather. Also planned: a day trip to the Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, WA.
Professional Meetings [42]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [20]
Disasters [8]
Science [33]
Region: 
Northwest (OR WA) [4]

"A Mountain of Trouble" [43]

An "eco-friendly" developer in Sweet Home, Oregon, has brought "a nightmare of garbage-dumping fines from state environmental regulators, an asbestos investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, an investigation by Oregon charities regulators, and numerous civil lawsuits from angry creditors."
Pollution [22]
Public [3]
Northwest (OR WA) [4]
Source: Eugene Register-Guard [44], 05/11/2009

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