Claims of Exposure Continue For Chemical EPA Chose Not To Ban
The Trump administration decided not to ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Records show it continues to sicken people.
EarthFix
enDecember 17, 2018
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EarthFix is an innovative partnership of the largest public media institutions in the Pacific Northwest established to expand environmental news coverage in the region. With journalists based in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, EarthFix creates media across multiple platforms, helping citizens examine environmental issues unfolding in their own backyards and to explore how local actions intersect with national issues. All content copyright EarthFix and its stations.
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Claims of Exposure Continue For Chemical EPA Chose Not To Ban
The Trump administration decided not to ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Records show it continues to sicken people.
EarthFix
enDecember 17, 2018
Giving Wildlife Safe Passage Across Busy Highways
If youâve ever slammed on your brakes for a deer in the road, you know the heart-pumping feeling of a near-miss. Northwest drivers are getting help navigating without putting wildlife at risk.
EarthFix
enNovember 09, 2018
Is Oregon Culling Too Many Cougars?
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.
EarthFix
enNovember 08, 2018
Counting Cougars: How It's Done Can Create Conflict
A hiker's death lead 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.
EarthFix
enNovember 07, 2018
Snorkeling A River To Take A Fish Census
Every year, volunteers snorkel the entire Salmon River to count every single Spring Chinook and Steelhead in the name of science
EarthFix
enOctober 31, 2018
Shaking Up Replacements For Plastic Packaging
EarthFix
enOctober 31, 2018
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EarthFix
enOctober 31, 2018
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EarthFix
enOctober 31, 2018
How Fire Consumed The Forest Service Budget
It was not solely natural disaster, climate or drought. It was part of the plan.
EarthFix
enOctober 23, 2018
Wildlife Managers Await Decision On Killing Sea Lions At Willamette Falls
EarthFix
enOctober 16, 2018
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EarthFix
enOctober 09, 2018
Citizen Scientists Are Making Oregon's 'Bee Atlas'
The Oregon Bee Atlas is training volunteers to collect and identify hundreds of native bees â an important step in learning which species live here and if their numbers are declining.
EarthFix
enOctober 08, 2018
These Wildlife Do Best When Fire Is Allowed On The Land
Not all wildfire is a force of destruction. Many of our favorite NW plants and animals have evolved to depend on it.
EarthFix
enOctober 05, 2018
Old Growth Could Be Key For Native Songbird Species
EarthFix
enSeptember 21, 2018
Wildfire is an economic giver and taker in the rural West
Over the years, small communities in Washington have learned to live with the threat, tragedy â even the good sides â that come from fire on the land.
EarthFix
enSeptember 18, 2018
Death in the Woods: the price of preempting a wildfire before it happened
Our continued drive to suppress wildfire doesnât just come at the cost of an unhealthy forest. It puts firefighters in harmâs way.
And the Forest Service has begun to question whether thatâs happening more than necessary.
And the Forest Service has begun to question whether thatâs happening more than necessary.
EarthFix
enSeptember 07, 2018
Crunching fire data to save lives
On a handful of fires this summer, the Forest Service is testing out a new approach to try and keep its firefighters safe.
Itâs a team of risk management experts that pours over maps and data to figure out where firefighting efforts are actually necessary, and where theyâre likely to succeed. Its goal is to minimize unnecessary risk to firefighters.
Itâs a team of risk management experts that pours over maps and data to figure out where firefighting efforts are actually necessary, and where theyâre likely to succeed. Its goal is to minimize unnecessary risk to firefighters.
EarthFix
enSeptember 07, 2018
Crunching fire data to save lives
On a handful of fires this summer, the Forest Service is testing out a new approach to try and keep its firefighters safe.
Itâs a team of risk management experts that pours over maps and data to figure out where firefighting efforts are actually necessary, and where theyâre likely to succeed. Its goal is to minimize unnecessary risk to firefighters.
Itâs a team of risk management experts that pours over maps and data to figure out where firefighting efforts are actually necessary, and where theyâre likely to succeed. Its goal is to minimize unnecessary risk to firefighters.
EarthFix
enSeptember 07, 2018
Q&A: How do you want your smoke?
New smoke management rules aim to increase amount of prescribed burns in fire-prone forests.
EarthFix
enAugust 31, 2018