The Bureau of Land Management didn't explain how slashing protected research areas from 22,000 acres to just 3,700 still accomplished its research goals, an Oregon judge said.
The lawmakers want to see states play a larger role in guaranteed income programs, which aim to help residents in need by handing out no-strings-attached cash.
Oregon lawmakers are considering a proposal to increase to 2.5% a state tax on hotel, camping and Airbnb stays that would raise up to $30 million a year for state wildlife conservation.
In a long-running fight over public lands, a conservation group accuses the Bureau of Land Management of deprioritizing the research on the imperiled sage grouse.
The judge found that the Bureau of Land Management's environmental analysis was based partly on "guesswork" which "distorted the data," rendering it "irrational and inadequate."
While multiple kinds of whales frequent the Pacific coast, the spring season’s focus is migratory gray whales travelling north from their winter breeding grounds in Baja California.
Amtrak is moving train cars to the Northwest from other parts of the country to swap in for 26 cars abruptly pulled from service in late March due to corrosion problems.
A hearing for Senate Joint Resolution 28 was packed with kids and seniors asking legislators to refer to voters a constitutional amendment enshrining climate rights.