BATTLE GROUND — The landscape in Clark County Fire District 3’s jurisdiction near Battle Ground and Brush Prairie is beautiful. But the potential for fast-moving…
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Columbia Basin’s salmon are in hot water, literally, says report from Save Our Wild Salmon
By The Citizen on July 11, 2025
Environmental group Save Our Wild Salmon released its first Columbia River Hot Water Report of the year Wednesday, as water temperatures throughout the basin this…
After six years, 32,000 boulders and $172M, the Columbia River jetty rehab is almost done
By The Citizen on July 3, 2025
CLATSOP SPIT — For most of the past two years, Jesse Allen has worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week operating a crane…
Friends of the Columbia Gorge say fight to protect public lands goes on even after proposed sale nixed
By The Citizen on June 25, 2025
Friends of the Columbia Gorge breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday after learning a proposed sale of millions of acres of U.S. Forest Service Land,…
Mussels, lamprey and even turtles moved to make way for Lewis River restoration
By The Citizen on June 25, 2025
BATTLE GROUND — May and June’s long stretch of dry weather has one upside: The lack of rain put the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership’s major…
To bee or not to bee? 600 species of bees call Washington home
By The Citizen on June 19, 2025
With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect…
Condit and Kwoneesum Dam removal projects differ but strive for same goal: ‘Clean, cool water for people and wildlife’
By The Citizen on June 17, 2025
The blare of a siren and the shout of “Fire in the hole!” across a PA system heralded the end of the Condit Dam on…
Paper mills generate up to 3 times more greenhouse gases than previously reported, say researchers
By The Citizen on June 17, 2025
A new report from Environmental Integrity Project — a national watchdog group founded by Eric Schaffer, former director of the Environmental Protection Agency — claims…
Trump pulls out of $1 billion Biden-brokered Columbia River salmon restoration plan
By The Citizen on June 13, 2025
The Trump administration on Thursday pulled out of a $1 billion Biden-era plan to restore salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin more…
Clark County becomes ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ – for Bigfoot
By The Citizen on June 6, 2025
Clark County is the latest among a growing list of counties taking steps to protect Washington’s favorite cryptid, Bigfoot. On Tuesday, the county council passed…