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Feds ask Cowlitz PUD to consider additional leakage monitors on North Fork Lewis River dam

By The Citizen on July 28, 2025

Federal regulators are asking county leaders to consider additional monitors on Cowlitz Public Utility District’s hydroelectric generating dam. Read more… Source: The Columbian

SW WA gets millions from state for conservation; Battle Ground Lake State Park gets $800K for equestrian use

By The Citizen on July 28, 2025

The state’s Recreation and Conservation Funding Board has awarded almost $5 million to Southwest Washington to improve outdoor recreation and wildlife habitat. Read more… Source:…

WSUV’s Electronic Literature Lab ‘the only place in the world that does born-digital conservation’

By The Citizen on July 28, 2025

Step back in digital time at Washington State University Vancouver Electronic Literature Lab’s newly renamed reading room. Read more… Source: The Columbian

As Clark County Fair prepares to open, council contemplates future of the fairgrounds — and $170M in improvements

By The Citizen on July 26, 2025

Since the grand opening of the exhibition hall in 2005, little has changed at the Clark County fairgrounds, even as so much around it has.…

Clark County Council looking for ways to fund affordable housing project in Battle Ground before deadlines hit

By The Citizen on July 26, 2025

A long-awaited 100-unit affordable housing complex in Battle Ground — including units for students and residents with intellectual disabilities — may finally move forward after…

Shillapoo South Wildlife Area near Vancouver could be reconnected to the Columbia River, says state

By The Citizen on July 26, 2025

The Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife is considering a habitat-restoration project that would reconnect the 1,000-plus-acre Shillapoo South Wildlife Area to the Columbia River…