April Ehrlich
April Ehrlich is a reporter covering lands and environmental policies in Oregon and Southwest Washington at OPB, after joining as a breaking news editor in November 2021.
She previously worked at Jefferson Public Radio in Southern Oregon, where she was a reporter, show producer, and radio host. While there, she focused much of her reporting on wildfire coverage, including an investigation with NPR into federal disaster assistance programs and how they routinely fail people in marginalized groups.
April’s reporting has won numerous Public Media Journalists Association awards and regional Edward R. Murrow awards, as well as a national Murrow.
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With 53% federal land, the Beaver State gets among the largest share of the program. -
You have until Monday to provide input on the Trump administration’s plan to dramatically increase logging in western Oregon forests. -
A federal judge has ruled that the Bonneville Power Administration intentionally destroyed evidence that could have tied it to a 2020 wildfire, in a lawsuit brought by more than 200 people and businesses affected by that fire. -
Lawmakers across the West are nervous about a potentially destructive wildfire season at a time when federal firefighting agencies are strained. -
Oregon lawmakers have proposed a budget bill that could keep Abiqua Falls open to the public. -
A small part of Oregon’s new statewide recycling system is on hold after a judge pushed pause in response to a lawsuit filed by product distributors. -
Environmental groups worry the draft plan lacks teeth. Officials say it needs to last up to 70 years. -
Oregon tribal members are asking regulators to prohibit motorized boats in part of the Siletz River to protect fish and recreation. -
Oregon regulators fined a railroad company about $82,000 after its trestle bridge in Corvallis collapsed last January, causing a train derailment that dumped toxic chemicals into the river below. -
About 4,800 members of the public had their personal information exposed after a cyberattack on the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality’s servers.
