From mid-December to February, hundreds upon hundreds of bald eagles flock to the Skagit River in northwest Washington to feast on spawning salmon. It's one of the biggest seasonal concentrations of eagles in the Pacific Northwest, but this eagle watching hot spot is being affected by changing cycles of nature.
Colville-based Vaagen Brothers Lumber submitted the one and only proposal to take on the 'A to Z' project. It's called A to Z because what the company accepted responsibility for was everything – from start to finish. That includes a lengthy and federally required environmental analysis, public comment and the actual work.
An emaciated orca from the Pacific Northwest's critically-endangered resident killer whale population could get a pole injection of medicine under the latest prefered option of an emergency response team.
Nearly 100 public water systems around Oregon—including the state's largest—will be required to begin testing for harmful contaminants from algae blooms under new rules unveiled by the Oregon Health Authority.
Photos courtesy of Icicle-Peshastin Irrigation District.
Outside of Leavenworth, Washington, crews have been working on a dam in trouble.