Nearly three years since the Lookout Fire tore through the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest near Blue River Reservoir in eastern Lane County, scientists are finding surprising opportunities in the ashes.

On this edition, we talk with Jennifer Davis of Beyond Toxics about their mapping tool which lets residents see where pesticides and herbicides are sprayed in the community. Then, we talk with Miranda Cyr of the Register Guard about the latest controversy at Springfield Public Schools - the surprise resignation of a board member.

The City of Eugene says the soil at Trainsong Park is more deeply contaminated with toxic chemicals than previously thought.

Last September, the National Science Foundation removed two of its three floating observation stations off Newport, Oregon, and all three of its stations off Grays Harbor, Washington, from the water and warehoused them in Corvallis, Oregon.

On this edition we talk with Cora Stryker, Co-founder of Bright Saver a nonprofit advocating for the expansion of balcony solar energy and we talk to Oregon Representative Sarah Finger McDonald who is sponsoring a bill in Oregon to change regulations to make it easier for Oregonians to utilize this technology.

After 15 years, a major conservation project near the town of Florence has achieved its goal: connecting a large swath of restored farmland to the Oregon Coast. The Siuslaw Estuary is a 217-acre expanse that’s expected to accommodate the return of salmon, lamprey, shorebirds and native plants as it transforms with the tides.

A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers is asking state environmental regulators to pump the brakes on enforcing a set of civil fines against Pacific Seafood while the company appeals.

Several camping and day-use areas along the Upper McKenzie River are open again after a nine-year closure.

More than a century after California condors disappeared from Oregon, one bird's journey signals progress for the endangered species.

City and state officials are asking people to conserve water and check for possible waste as a way of dealing with dry conditions.