Tony Schick
Stories
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Biden calls for ‘abundant’ salmon populations, directs agencies to honor tribal treaty rights
President Biden today directed federal agencies to restore healthy and abundant wild salmon populations to the Columbia River Basin. The presidential memorandum says tribal treaties need to be honored.
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Law & Courts
Booked and buried: Northwest jails' mounting death toll
Since 2008, at least 306 people across the Northwest have died after being taken to a county jail, according to an investigation by OPB, KUOW and the Northwest News Network.
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Environment
Petroleum Terminal Expands to Allow More Oil Trains Into Portland
A Portland petroleum terminal is significantly expanding its capacity to unload rail cars, a move that sets the stage to more than double the number of oil trains along the Willamette River.
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Environment
Mount Hood Wolf Found Dead Near Highway 26
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed to OPB that a young male wolf from the White River pack was found dead near Highway 26 in November.
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Environmental Groups Withdraw From Negotiations To Update Oregon Wolf Management Plan
Environmental groups have withdrawn from an effort to update Oregon’s plan for managing gray wolves days before a final meeting of stakeholders, throwing the future of negotiations over wolf management and protections into question.
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Environment
Environmentalists Withdraw From 'Broken' Oregon Wolf Plan Negotiations
Environmental groups are withdrawing from an effort to update Oregon’s plan for managing gray wolves one day before a final meeting of stakeholders.
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Environment
This Christmas tree pesticide poisons kids, but Washington state hasn’t banned it
Hawaii and California banned or limited the pesticide. Gov. Jay Inslee is not considering a ban, a spokesperson said.
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Environment
A Toxic Pesticide Once Targeted For A Ban Was Probably Sprayed On Your Christmas Tree
The Trump administration decided not to ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Records show it continues to sicken people.
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Environment
A Toxic Pesticide Once Targeted For A Ban Was Probably Sprayed On Your Christmas Tree
The Trump administration decided not to ban the toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos. Records show it continues to sicken people.
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Contaminated Soil Lingers Where Apples Once Grew
YAKIMA, Wash. -- At homes and day care centers throughout Central Washington, children play in yards contaminated with lead and arsenic.