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.
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Oregon's gray wolf population took several hits in 2023, causing its growth rate to drop to zero for the first time since wolves started returning to the state. -
Conservation groups are taking the federal government to court over environmental protections for gray wolves across the West — including in northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington, where they are not listed as an endangered or threatened species. -
Biden administration proposes changes to sage grouse protections, including in Oregon and CaliforniaThe Biden administration announced Thursday that new changes are on the table for protecting the unique bird that thrives in Eastern Oregon, California and other western states. -
Much of Oregon's 2024 short session was focused on housing regulations and drug criminalization, putting many of the state's lands and climate policies on the backburner. -
Oregon is on the verge of major changes to the rules that govern how state, federal and privately owned forestlands are logged, and how vulnerable species are protected. -
Oregon forestry officials are moving ahead with a controversial plan that will reduce logging on state lands west of the Cascades. -
Cities that challenged Oregon's new climate policies in 2022 will have to follow rules around designing more walkable neighborhoods, beefing up electric vehicle infrastructure and more following a court decision issued Wednesday. -
Three sawmills have closed in Oregon within less than two months, prompting several counties’ leaders to grill state forestry officials about a plan that would limit logging in western Oregon forests. -
Southern resident orcas are now listed as endangered under Oregon law, providing additional protections to their struggling population. -
The Oregon King Tides Project is requesting photos taken on the coast during specific winter days, when the ocean tides are at their highest. -
Colorado's ambitious plan to restore wolves taps into years-old tensions in Oregon. -
Mysterious respiratory illnesses are sickening dogs in several states, including in Oregon. Veterinary experts aren't sure what's causing dogs to become sick or even how to treat them.
