Portland’s identity as the Rose City dates back to before Oregon was even a state. These days, the city hosts what may be the largest rose society in the world.
After the U.S. Department of Interior failed to uphold its part of a legal settlement, two organizations have renewed their lawsuit to try to save bull trout in the upper Clark Fork River.
Conservationists demand that the state reevaluate the physical and legal availability of water taken by subdivisions from the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area.
Abby Huseth writes, "It feels fitting to be going solar on the summer solstice, as we celebrate the longest day of the year and all that this season of abundant sunlight brings."
In preparation for potential inclement weather, Glacier National Park is preparing for a temporary closure of the alpine sections of Going-to-the-Sun Road, the park said in a news release.
A federal judge had previously handed the state National Guard back to California Governor Gavin Newsom, but an appeals court said the temporary restraining order went too far.
Suzanne Cable writes, "The gutting of the Forest Service is just one example of a national crisis that will take years or decades to recover from once we, as a society, choose to stop the damage to our federal system of governance."