Fewer sea lions eat more salmon
Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River. A new report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates sea lions ate 4,960 salmon and st...
 3.1K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 319.0 Jordan Cove EIS lacks analysis
FERC snubs Jordan Cove (The World, Oct. 12) was an article that detailed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s refusal, for the third time, to initiate formal discussions of the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas proposal. It prompted a somewhat disi...
2.7K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 277.0 Reedsport saves big money on levee deal
REEDSPORT The city of Reedsport has partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to get its flood levees inspected and certified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Not only will the move save the city tens of thousands of dollars, it will prevent resid...
3.4K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 368.0 BLM seeks volunteers for Public Lands Day
It s known as the largest volunteer hands-on effort of its kind in the country and on Saturday Coos County residents can join in. The Bureau of Land Management s Coos Bay District is looking for volunteers to participate in the 16th-annual National P...
1.2K - Oct. 1, 2009; scored 240.0 Deadline extended for LNG comments
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District is giving people more time to comment on the waterway aspect of the proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline at Coos Bay. The deadline now will be Dec. 27. The agency is taking comments on the applic...
1.7K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 1000.0 County OK's flooding Kentuck Golf Course
COQUILLE - Developers of a local liquefied natural gas terminal have cleared another hurdle in addressing environmental concerns, as they try to move forward with the project. The Coos County Commissioners approved a zone change Tuesday for the Kentu...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 266.0 Government wants more protection for salmon
PORTLAND (AP) Calling it an insurance policy for salmon, the Obama administration has offered up a tougher conservation plan for the Pacific Northwest that includes monitoring for climate change and possible dam removal. But a top official also s...
3.3K - Sep. 17, 2009; scored 342.0 Government wants more protection for salmon
PORTLAND (AP) ” Calling it an insurance policy for salmon, the Obama administration has offered up a tougher conservation plan for the Pacific Northwest that includes monitoring for climate change and possible dam removal. But a top offi...
3.2K - Sep. 16, 2009; scored 342.0 FERC snubs Jordan Cove
Federal officials won t be talking about a proposal to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County when they meet next week. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission released an agenda for its Sept. 17 meeting Thursday and Jordan Cove Energ...
2.6K - Sep. 11, 2009; scored 245.0 This land is whose land?
Several downtown Coos Bay landowners have been surprised to learn the state held claims to property they ve owned for decades. But the state has known about the clouded titles for more than 35 years. The titles were cleared in July, when the city of ...
3.7K - Aug. 24, 2009; scored 282.0 Army Corps seeks input on gas terminal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on the liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Coos Bay s North Spit. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final environmental impact statement in May, stating the project would ha...
1.7K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 861.0 Gold Ray Dam step closer to removal
GOLD HILL Another barrier has been cleared in the effort to remove the 105-year-old Gold Ray Dam from the Rogue River. Tests revealed that the 400,000 cubic yards of sediment behind the 38-foot former hydroelectric dam has insignificant levels of c...
1.7K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 240.0 City, tribes clash over an 1855 fishing treaty
ARLINGTON More than 150 years after signing a treaty ceding land but preserving their hunting and fishing rights, Columbia River tribes are locked in a legal dispute with this tiny port over whether those rights can change with the course of the ri...
5.4K - Aug. 3, 2009; scored 363.0 Geologists test mud near dam for contaminants
GOLD HILL A 7-foot tube of gooey muck stuck for decades behind 105-year-old Gold Ray Dam was splayed before geologist Bill Elliott, and the mud-loving kid inside the Southern Oregon University professor all but took over. Elliott s gloved hands pic...
4.5K - Jul. 23, 2009; scored 307.0 Feds need comments before dredging Rogue
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is planning to dredge the Rogue River at Gold Beach and is seeking public comments on an updated environmental assessment of annual maintenance. The river entrance and navigation channel and the Gold Beach boat basin ...
1.2K - Jul. 14, 2009; scored 282.0 Cheers and jeers
233 and counting Cheers for the U.S. of A., a beautiful land filled with resilient people. Recessions, wars, epidemics and even self-inflicted political pratfalls can't shake Americans' faith in our principles of freedom and honor. Too hard-headed Di...
1.8K - Jul. 4, 2009; scored 226.0 Judge fines former Port of Astoria director
ASTORIA (AP) - The former director of the Port of Astoria has been sentenced to pay a $5,000 fine and spend a year on probation for a Clean Water Act violation stemming from the 2005 dredging season. Peter Gearin, who pleaded guilty in Febru...
1.8K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 252.0 Dredging to begin in upper bay
A dredge crew soon will be scooping up silt from the Coos Bay shipping channel in the upper bay. Workers on an American Construction dredge out of Everett, Wash., prepared the bucket and dredge crane while docked near the Georgia-Pacific lumber mill ...
1.1K - Jun. 30, 2009; scored 280.0 Plans afoot to truck salmon to upper McKenzie
BLUE RIVER (AP) - Fish biologist Greg Taylor knows better than most how the 13 dams on the Willamette River have blocked salmon from their historic habitat. It's a very human-altered environment, he said. A little more human alteration is going on a...
3.3K - Jun. 29, 2009; scored 351.0 A pile of permits
Jordan Cove Energy Project's proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and connecting pipeline projects are far from done deals. Many agencies are reviewing permits. Some still are weighing comments from the public. Here's a list of agencies. Federal a...
2.7K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 370.0 | 
