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The U.S. Forest Service’s first stage of fee increases for recreational sites in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest will begin in July.

Fee hikes set for Gifford Pinchot National Forest sites

June 27, 2023, 6:06am Clark County News

The U.S. Forest Service’s first stage of fee increases for recreational sites in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest will begin in July. Read story

Washington Trails Association volunteers prepare to "boots and butts," an organizational term for pushing fallen logs with one's legs.

Washington Trails Association preserves connection in Clark County wild spaces

June 24, 2023, 6:10am Clark County News

On a quiet and cool weekday, a group of volunteers rested their sturdy legs from hefting supplies back and forth up Silver Star Mountain. Read story

A bee pauses on a showy milkweed plant at the Clark Public Utilities Orchards Operations Pollinator Garden.

Clark Public Utilities gardens attract pollinators

June 22, 2023, 6:06am Business

Farewell-to-spring, bluehead gilia and common madia speckled Clark Public Utilities’ rows of solar panels with purple, blue and yellow bursts. Read story

Hazel Dell Elementary School students reenact the explosion of Mount St. Helens on May 23 at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater. At top, Mount St. Helens erupts on May 18, 1980.

Let’s get ready to rumble: Mount St. Helens Institute to expand outdoor education at Coldwater

June 17, 2023, 6:10am Clark County News

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — Amid children’s excited chatter and giggles, the first signs of a volcanic eruption — harmonic tremors — spread at the base of Mount St. Helens. Read story

Ecology seeks comment on cleanup of Port of Vancouver property

June 15, 2023, 4:04pm Clark County News

The Washington Department of Ecology opened its public comment period through July 17 concerning the cleanup of an electrical heater facility that leaked chemicals into groundwater. Read story

Workers install a new insulator to a Washougal transmission tower. Damaged equipment is susceptible to sparking, and faults along lines can cause a hot electrical arc.

Bonneville Power Administration employs helicopters, more as it tends power lines in effort to prevent wildfires

June 15, 2023, 6:09am Business

In the late spring heat, Bonneville Power Administration maintenance crews balanced on transmission towers in Washougal’s forested hills, waiting for a helicopter to hand off tools. Read story

Volunteer Elizabeth Stoltz of Heisson waters the Fort Vancouver Garden in Vancouver in 2020.

Washington considering worker protections as wildfires persist

June 10, 2023, 6:07am Business

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is considering new protections for outdoor workers, notably for those in construction and agriculture, as wildfires become more frequent. Read story

Pacific lampreys have been in drastic decline in recent decades, a trend that is hard to grasp considering the species' resilience through five mass extinction events, said Monica Blanchard, a Washington lamprey biologist.

Columbia River lamprey ‘critically imperiled’

June 9, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

An ancient species, Pacific lampreys have survived five mass extinction events. Now populations of these fish found in the Columbia River are facing a sharp downturn. Read story

Emerald ash borers have killed "tens of millions" of ash trees in more than 30 states. The beetle, native to eastern Asian, may have been introduced in Canada through wood shipping materials about 20 years ago.

Clark County officials on lookout for emerald ash borer

June 8, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

Federal, state and local tree experts are collaborating in preparation for the eventual arrival of the emerald ash borer, a pest that has killed tens of millions of ash trees nationwide. Read story

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