April Ehrlich
April Ehrlich began freelancing for Jefferson Public Radio in the fall of 2016, and then officially joined the team as its Morning Edition Host and a Jefferson Exchange producer in August 2017.
She previously worked as a reporter for the Roseburg News-Review, where she covered city government and housing. Before that, she covered the oil and gas industry and local government on the Oregon-Idaho border.
April served a two-year stint with AmeriCorps, where she worked with nonprofits helping low-income communities in rural Oregon. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English at Cal-State University, Fullerton, where she worked as an editor for the campus paper.
When she is not at work or napping between shifts, April is likely hiking through nearby forests with a rambunctious border collie, or reading fiction at home with her two favorite cats.
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The Forest Service is using a new fast-track policy to log 5,000 acres burned by the Akawa Butte Fire in Central Oregon, sparking pushback over brief public review. -
Oregon and Washington have their own policies protecting gray wolves from recreational hunting. -
A potential "super El Niño" could bring a warmer, wetter winter to the Pacific Northwest, increasing landslide risks and threatening salmon runs and coastal fisheries. -
Oregon relies on incarcerated firefighters for record-breaking wildfire seasons, offering skills and purpose despite low pay and safety risk concerns. -
The court decision upholds Oregon’s recycling law that shifts recycling costs onto corporations. -
People on the Warm Springs reservation have evacuated, and other communities in Central and Eastern Oregon are threatened. -
Oregon forest regulators approved a 70-year management plan protecting state forests, despite Trump administration changes to the Endangered Species Act. -
More than 1,000 people in Oregon have been ordered to evacuate their homes this week. -
As Trump focuses on timber in the Blue Mountains, elk hunters fear habitat could diminish. -
The Oregon Court of Appeals will also weigh whether to allow a judge who previously represented PacifiCorp to stay on the case.
