April Ehrlich
Oregon Public BroadcastingApril Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at 老夫子传媒 where she won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on the impacts of wildfires on marginalized groups. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.
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The announcements come just days before the start of the Trump administration, which is widely expected to promote extractive industries over conservation. -
The resignation of Oregon鈥檚 top forestry executive last week comes at a pivotal moment for environmental policies in the state. -
National forests in the Pacific Northwest were set to be protected under two major updates to forestry plans鈥� but that changed Tuesday. Now just one proposal remains on the table. -
Two sea turtles washed up along Oregon鈥檚 beaches in the final days of 2024 due to hypothermic shock, bringing the number of sea turtles that appeared on the state鈥檚 shores last year to 17. -
The federal government is suing the electric utility PacifiCorp over a 2020 wildfire in Douglas County. The Archie Creek Fire burned across more than 131,000 acres, about half of that federal land, according to the legal complaint filed Thursday. -
This year鈥檚 record wildfire season has left contractors who fought fires sitting unpaid for months. -
Oregon is on track to become the first state to launch a recycling program that holds producers accountable for their product packaging. -
More than a million acres of wildlands in Eastern Oregon could be preserved through federal legislation or a monument declaration from the president. This could be the last chance for the Owyhee Canyonlands to see additional protections for years. -
In Oregon鈥檚 Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk. -
The Rail Ridge Fire in Grant County burned much of the grass that wild horse herds need to survive through winter. -
A national firefighter labor shortage is making it harder to suppress massive wildfires across the West, with fewer federal teams that Oregon can ask for help. -
Climate change will keep hitting Oregonians hard, but the exact impact will depend on where you liveClimate change will continue to have wide-ranging effects on communities across Oregon, depending on where they are, how many people live there, and how much money their local governments have on hand.
