Teachers and administrators in Clark County Washington have been in contract negotiations all summer, but now nearly every school district in the county has delayed the start of classes because they are on strike. OPB’s Southwest Washington reporter Molly Solomon fills us in.
The U.S. wild horse and burro population is more than three times the appropriate management level, according to estimates from the Bureau of Land Management. Facing overpopulation in the Warm Springs herd management area, the BLM in Burns is considering spaying mares to help manage the population. Rob Sharp, the supervisory wild horse and burro specialist at Burns, joins us to discuss.
Two weeks ago a hiker from Ohio was found alive after spending five days lost without food or water on Mount St. Helens. Jared Smith is a volunteer member of the Volcano Rescue Team, and he tells us about what it was like to find the man alive at the bottom of a ravine.
Plans to build a fish passage at Detroit Dam could require the lake to be drained for up to two years. Some community members are concerned that lowering the water level could hurt tourism and jeopardize clean drinking water. Others fear the proposed solution won’t support the fish it’s designed to help. Kevin Cameron, a Marion County Commissioner and Conrad Gowell, a fellowship director at the Native Fish Society, join us to discuss their recent opinions in the Statesman Journal.
DIANE STEVENSON
/Kiger Mustangs graze on juniper in the Steens Mountain in eastern Oregon. (Oregon Field Guide, Steens Archeology, 2007)
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