Oregon Field Guide: Columbia Gorge: The Fight for Paradise

Imagine a beautiful mountain side or river gorge that slowly disappeared as more homes, subdivisions and strip malls were constructed. That’s what the folks in Oregon dealt with over the past few decades. OPB’s Oregon Field Guide tackles the issue of preserving land from over development.

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Environmental Protection Falls to State Budget Cuts (AP Story)

(AP)

BOISE, Idaho – When lightning ignited a wildfire near Idaho’s Sun Valley in 2007, environmental regulators used monitoring gear to gauge the health effects for those breathing in the Sawtooth Mountains’ smoky, mile-high air.

Salmon Recovery Timeline

TIMELINE: By Oregonian

1991/92: Federal government lists Snake River sockeye as an endangered species, others as threatened.

Earth: A view from space.

The beautiful earth view from the International Space Station.

LABRADOR CO-SPONSORS BILL TO END ALL ENERGY SUBSIDIES

(WASHINGTON, D.C.)-Congressman Raúl Labrador (ID-01) announced today at a press conference in front of the U.S. Capitol that he has co-sponsored the “Energy Freedom and Economic Prosperity Act,” legislation that if enacted would permanently end all taxpayer subsidies for the energy industry.