Every summer, wildfires crackle through the dusty shrub-steppe reaches of the Yakima Valley. And every summer, grateful ...

Army helicopters could be used for the vegetation study but would scare away birds. portions of shrub-steppe habitat in Washington state. The Hanford Reservation is the other. "It's a bit ironic ...

A state environmental review for the facility found the city’s site contained several active burrows and two breeding pairs on the 440 acres of prime shrub steppe and grassland habitat.

Called Columbia River Processing, the unmarked, windowless plant is actually a Tillamook factory, recognizable for its stainless-steel milk silos and double-tanker Milky Way trucks parked outside.

A state environmental review for the facility found the city's site contained several active burrows and two breeding pairs on the 440 acres of prime shrub steppe and grassland habitat.