April Ehrlich
Oregon Public BroadcastingApril Ehrlich is JPR content partner at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Prior to joining OPB, she was a regional reporter at Jefferson Public Radio 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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Oregon has already seen more acres burn in 2026 than in all of 2025, and fire officials warn there’s still a lot of wildfire season to get through. This story will be updated with the latest on large wildfires burning across the state Wednesday. -
People on the Warm Springs Reservation have evacuated, and other communities in Central and Eastern Oregon are threatened as more than 1 million acres in Oregon have been consumed by wildfires. -
The Trump administration is overhauling the U.S. Endangered Species Act. But that hasn’t changed Oregon’s conservation plans, at least not yet. -
More than 1,000 people in Oregon have been evacuated from their homes because of wildfires. -
The federal government has released its long-awaited proposal to triple logging across three national forests in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. -
The Oregon Court of Appeals will also weigh whether to allow a judge who previously represented PacifiCorp to stay on the case. -
When it comes to carbon storage, trees get a lot of attention. But researchers are now finding carbon trapped in unusual places, including ancient landslides. -
The roadless rule has long prevented new road construction in certain forests, including 8 million acres in Oregon, California and Washington. -
Federal judge rules BLM ignored “significant evidence” of protected old growth forests within its logging plans. -
Wildfire survivors are asking Oregon’s highest court to reverse a decision that could imperil their case against utility giant PacifiCorp. -
The president is invoking an obscure law that allows the military to pollute waterways. -
Gray whales aren't getting enough to eat to survive their long migration toward Alaska.
