Helicoptering Logs In Yakima Valley For The Northwest's Largest River Restoration Almost 40 years ago, Scott Nicolai started his stream restoration career taking logs out of the water. A project that’s putting more than 6,000 logs back into remote streams across Central Washington. Courtney Flatt
BLM To Pull Back On Controversial Plan To Spay Wild Mares In Oregon The Bureau of Land Management says it intends to roll back plans to spay wild mares in Oregon. Ericka Cruz Guevarra
2 More Wolf Kills Authorized By Washington Officials Washington officials have authorized the killing of wolves in two more of the state’s packs. Conservationists oppose the move. They say it could only worsen wolf-livestock conflicts. Courtney Flatt
Oregon Students Get Up Close And Personal With Intertidal Creatures We follow a team of students from the University of Oregon's Institute of Marine Biology as they pry up rocks and wiggle into tight crevices in search of specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. Jule Gilfillan
Cougar Hunting Debates Find New Life After Oregon Hiker's Death The most effective way to hunt cougars is with dogs. Hound hunting has been banned in Oregon for over twenty years, but a fatal cougar attack has reignited the debate. Erin Ross
Oregon May Be Over-Hunting Cougars — Which Could Cause More Conflicts A hiker's death led to calls for a cougar cull. But a growing body of research suggests that aggressive killing can lead to more problem encounters with humans, not less. Erin Ross
Early Returns Show Portlanders Pass Gross Receipts Tax Measure Portland voters on Tuesday passed a gross receipts tax measure that will pay into a clean energy fund, which proponents say will help the city chip away at its clean energy goals. Ericka Cruz Guevarra
Helicoptering In Logs For The Northwest's Largest River Restoration It’s being called the biggest stream restoration ever in the Northwest. The Yakama Nation is using a helicopter to fly in more than 6,000 logs to create fish habitat in remote parts of Washington. Courtney Flatt
Judge Blocks Controversial Plan To Spay Wild Mares In Oregon A federal judge has blocked the Bureau of Land Management from moving forward with a controversial plan to spay wild mares in Hines, Oregon. Ericka Cruz Guevarra
