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17:46

How the built environment could help all species...

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2023/07/28

Practitioners of transpecies design aim to consider the needs of all species – not just humans – in the built environment. Their buildings often include habitat for plants, animals and even microorganisms, with the goal of reducing biodiversity decline and lessening the impacts of climate change. The University of Oregon is a hub for the movement, and students and faculty recently showcased it with an exhibition at the Venice Biennale of Architecture. Adrian Parr is

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18:08

Eugene withdraws ban on natural gas hookups

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2023/07/27

Earlier this year, Eugene became the first city in Oregon to effectively ban natural gas appliances in new residential construction. Gas utility NW Natural and others pushed back and were able to get the ordinance referred to the November ballot for voters to either affirm or overturn. But recently, the Eugene City Council repealed the ordinance following a federal appeals court ruling that overturned a similar ban in Berkeley, California. The ruling could impact cities across

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17:32

Portland will stop funding Regional Arts and Culture...

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2023/07/27

Since 1995, Portland has funded the independent Regional Arts and Culture Council to provide arts education, advocacy, and administer grant funding to local artists. Last week Commissioner Dan Ryan told RACC the city wants to do that work itself. The city provides over $6 million of RACC’s $7.5 million budget, and will let that contract expire at the end of the year. Carol Tatch, one of the Co-Executive Directors of RACC, and Debby Garman, RACC Board Chair, join us to talk

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18:13

Salem hospital CEO discusses challenging pandemic...

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2023/07/27

After managing a yearslong, unprecedented pandemic, hospitals are still facing challenges like reduced staffing and how to keep workers safe. We check in with Cheryl Nester Wolfe, the president and CEO of Salem Health Hospitals and Clinics. She joins us with more on how the health system is faring and what’s top of mind for health care leaders in Oregon.

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11:31

Restoration project on Willamette Slough enters final...

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2023/07/26

Since 2019, the Willamette Riverkeeper has been working with the city of Salem to remove Ludwigia, an invasive aquatic weed, from the Willamette Slough at Minto-Brown Island Park. Ludwigia threatens native plants and wildlife, including habitat for federally protected spring Chinook salmon and winter steelhead. As described in The Salem Reporter, crews are traveling the length of the 87-acre slough to spray herbicide on dense mats of water weeds to open up channels to kayakers

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18:59

Beaverton council votes to eliminate minimum parking...

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2023/07/26

City councilors in Beaverton voted unanimously to do away with including parking in new developments in the city. Kevin Teater is the newest member of the council and campaigned on this issue. Beaverton joins seven other cities in the state that have made the same shift recently, including Portland, Salem and Bend. Last year the state’s Land Conservation and Development Commission passed rules to lift parking requirements in many places and encourage cities to do the same

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22:53

Portland seeks ways to engage public around historic...

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2023/07/26

After five Portland monuments were toppled in 2020, some city and community leaders called for a robust public engagement process before any decisions were made about their reinstatement. The city partnered with Lewis & Clark College late last year to determine what that public engagement process would look like. A committee of artists, educators, urban planners and public historians has been meeting for the last six months to explore how community members can navigate the

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12:29

Astoria homeless service provider receives $35,000...

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2023/07/25

Clatsop County has recently awarded $35,000 to LiFEBoat Services, a homeless service provider in Astoria. The organization hopes this funding will help with improvements and allow it to become a year-round shelter. Osarch Orak is the executive director of LiFEBoat Services. He joins us to share what this funding will mean for the community and LiFEBoat's plan for the future.

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17:32

Future uncertain for wild king salmon, orcas and...

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2023/07/25

: Earlier this month, a panel of judges for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the Chinook salmon season in Alaska to open for the summer while it considers arguments in a lawsuit filed by the Wild Fish Conservancy. The Seattle-based organization sued the State of Alaska, the National Marine Fisheries Service and the Alaska Trollers Association to stop the harvesting of Chinook, also known as king salmon, which is the primary food source for an endangered population of

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22:30

7 Portland breweries and taprooms are closing. Is...

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2023/07/25

Within the last month, seven breweries and taprooms have closed or announced their upcoming closure. Rising costs of operation, change in consumer drinking habits, and the lingering effects of the pandemic have all affected the market. Ezra Johnson-Greenough, the founder of the blog The New School Beer, joins us to share what’s happening in Portland's beer market and to shed light on whether the craft beer bubble has burst.

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15:06

Why there will be no cooling centers for unhoused...

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2023/07/24

Last month, two service providers announced they would not open cooling shelters this summer for people experiencing homelessness in the Columbia Gorge. The shelters used to open only for day use when the National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for the region, and other air-conditioned facilities, like libraries, were not available. Washington Gorge Action Programs, which operates in Klickitat and Skamania counties, made the decision to close its Emergency

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11:47

Some Seattle tree advocates oppose ordinance aimed at...

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2023/07/24

A Seattle tree ordinance passed earlier this year has frustrated some tree advocates in the city. Onlookers say developers played too big a role in helping craft the policy. The city’s own Urban Forestry Commission, a panel that provides expertise on tree policy and regulation, says it didn’t have enough time to review the proposal. Still some tree experts say that the ordinance provides better protection than what was in place before. We dig into these issues with

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25:51

California homeless study may provide insight for Oregon

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2023/07/24

A new study from the University of California San Francisco is the largest study of homelessness in the U.S. in several decades. The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness includes 3,200 administered questionnaires and 365 in-depth interviews with adults experiencing homelessness in urban, rural, and suburban areas. We talk to Margot Kushel, principal investigator on the study, about what researchers learned and how the data might be relevant outside of

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19:56

Fans gather in downtown Portland to cheer U.S....

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2023/07/21

The Sports Bra opened last year as the first bar to exclusively play women’s sports. It’s a small bar in Northeast Portland, but owner Jenny Nguyen wanted to host a Women’s World Cup watch party that was big enough to accommodate the enormous enthusiasm for the team, including the Portland Thorns. The event, in collaboration with the Portland Football Club, starts at noon at Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse square and will include a showing of the classic

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19:50

Series looks at child poverty in Malheur County

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2023/07/21

This week the Malheur Enterprise published the last in a series of stories looking at child poverty in the county. The series covered housing, mental health, food insecurity and more. We talk to Shane Dimapanat and Christina Chkarboul, who worked on the series along with Andie Kalinowski, Suejin Lim and Venice Tang.

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14:06

Oregon State researchers aim to make parenting more...

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2023/07/21

For years, researchers have shown that play is an important part of a child’s social, emotional and cognitive development. It can help children master new skills, build confidence, spark creativity, along with other positive effects. But less attention has been given to how parents and caregivers also benefit from play. Researchers at Oregon State University aim to change that by using a national grant they were recently awarded to develop a program for parents and

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13:41

Audit finds financial mismanagement at Oregon...

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2023/07/20

Oregon’s only federally-run boarding school for Native American students failed to properly spend or account for millions of taxpayer dollars as well as hundreds of thousands contributed to student accounts by Indigenous families, according to an audit published Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Office of Inspector General. OPB editor Rob Manning, who worked on a five-part investigation into Chemawa, joins us to talk about the audit.

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24:16

How climate change affects fisheries, raises risk for...

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2023/07/20

From ocean acidification to rising sea levels and warming temperatures, climate change is taking a toll on the world’s oceans and fisheries. Scientists at NOAA, for example, have found that warming temperatures in the Bering Sea between Russia and Alaska are affecting the movement of Pacific cod and Alaska pollock, and that some fisheries are more vulnerable to climate change than others. Tensions may also flare up in the coming years between fishing fleets in pursuit of

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14:49

West Coast crabbers accuse seafood processor of...

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2023/07/20

Pacific Seafood, a seafood processing company based in Oregon, owns more than 40 facilities across 11 states. The company is a major force in the fish, crab, and shrimp industry up and down the West Coast. Brand Little, a fisherman based out of San Francisco, says Pacific Seafood has too much power, and is able to both dictate the price offered for crabs and exert influence on the start date of the crab fishing season. Little filed a lawsuit in California on behalf of other

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14:25

Sudden oak death continues to spread in Southern Oregon

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2023/07/19

Sudden oak death, a tree disease caused by a fungal-like pathogen, can lead to bleeding cankers, leaf blight and rapid dieoff in a number of plant and tree species. The disease was first detected in northern California in the mid-1990s, and has been slowly spreading in Southern Oregon since 2001. Newly infected trees were recently found in Humbug Mountain State Park near Port Orford, leading to renewed treatment efforts by state agencies. Gabriela Ritokova is a forest

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