Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital ChronicleAlex Baumhardt covers education and the environment for the Oregon Capital Chronicle. Before that she was a national radio producer focusing on education for American Public Media for four years. She has reported from the Arctic to the Antarctic for national and international media, and from Minnesota and Oregon for The Washington Post.
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A proposal that would charge each Oregon property owner $10 a year to offset rising fees that timber and ranch landowners pay to the state for fire protection has gone through major changes in recent days. -
Two freight-to-rail centers in the Willamette Valley and eastern Oregon have failed to fulfill a single promise of boosting agricultural exports and reducing emissions.
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Timber industry tied to Oregon proposal to shift wildfire protection costs from landowners to publicSeveral timber companies participated in a workgroup and proposal that would cut the fees they pay to the state for fire protection.
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Two senators aim to boost funding to the state’s firefighting efforts, one funded by the public, the other by timber companies.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a procedural error in approving the Climate Protection Program invalidates the regulations.
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Changes to the U.S. Forest Service’s national and Northwest forest plans should protect more old-growth trees from wildfire and climate change.
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More than 200 studies across 40 years revealed large-scale salmon hatchery programs weaken wild salmon diversity and lead to wild population declines.
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The Oregon Department of Forestry released long-awaited revenue projections for 14 counties if a landmark conservation plan is adopted.
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Historic funding to the Rural Energy for America program has helped fund more than three dozen rural solar projects in Oregon this year.
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Meanwhile, substitute teachers across Oregon say districts haven't paid them for time they spent taking mandatory training.
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The groups want more old-growth stands and a watershed included in the state’s landmark Western Forests Habitat Conservation Plan.
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The Yurok, Port Gamble S’Klallam and Puyallup tribes, and the attorneys general of Oregon and Washington, want the chemical banned to save salmon.
