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The rugged cliffs, grasslands and forests abutting Washington's longest wild river are now protected havens for salmon, goats and bears.

Federal officials say lifting a 25-year-old ban on logging old-growth trees will help manage megafires. But conservation groups think it could damage habitat.

The Department of Natural Resources has responded to 468 wildfires — nearly double the average number of fires for the same time over the past 10 years.

With trash transfer stations closed during COVID-19, state leaders tell locals to stop leaving waste by roadsides.

Despite calls to remove the dams to save salmon and orcas, federal agencies say the risks to hydropower, navigation and electricity costs are too high.

The Army Corps of Engineers’ new dam designs on the Snake River are better for Washington's salmon and humans.

Citing declining snowpack and increased winter recreation, 10 environmental groups are planning to force the government to protect these elusive carnivores.

The faults under Eastern Washington aren't as famous as the feared Cascadia Subduction Zone, but they still pose a threat to communities like Walla Walla, Tri-Cities and Yakima.

On the edge of the North Cascades, fear dominated the conversation as hundreds gathered this week to debate grizzly bear reintroduction.

Using machinery and prescribed burns, land managers hope to safeguard 2.7 million acres of forest from catastrophic fires like the one that destroyed Paradise in California.