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KGW’s Straight Talk

Auteur(s): Stephanie Domurat/KGW
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 Straight Talk is a weekly program that takes a deeper look into the topics and conversations that are affecting communities in Oregon and SW Washington. KGW's Stephanie Domurat leads insightful interviews and provides candid conversations with local politicians and community leaders. "KGW's Straight Talk" is also a podcast available on all major podcast platforms.Copyright 2019 All rights reserved. Politique Sciences politiques
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  • Repeal of 'Roadless Rule' could upend protections across millions of acres of forest in Oregon and Washington

    Repeal of 'Roadless Rule' could upend protections across millions of acres of forest in Oregon and Washington
    Sep 5 2025
    Nearly two decades of protections for some of the Pacific Northwest’s wildest landscapes may be on the chopping block as federal officials under the Trump administration move to undo the "Roadless Rule" and return parts of the national forest system to the commercial timber base. The rule, created in 2001 at the end of the Clinton administration, restricts road construction and logging on about 60 million acres of national forest nationwide. In Oregon, it covers about 2 million acres; in Washington, about 2.8 million. “There were millions of acres of national forests that were less accessible, more difficult to get to, that had generally not been commercially logged,” said Daniel Rohlf, a professor at Lewis & Clark Law School who specializes in public lands law. “So, the question was what do we do with this resource?” After extensive public input, the Forest Service chose to manage those areas for their roadless qualities and for environmental benefits such as clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation, Rohlf said. Many of the Northwest's most popular destinations fall within those protections, including Lost Lake on Mount Hood, Larch Mountain in the Columbia Gorge, the Oregon Dunes from Florence to Coos Bay and hiking trails in the Cascade Lakes area, according to Steve Pedery, conservation director for the group Oregon Wild.
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    21 min
  • As Vaux's swifts change up their migration habits, Portlanders wonder where to go to keep watching

    As Vaux's swifts change up their migration habits, Portlanders wonder where to go to keep watching
    Sep 5 2025
    For decades, Portlanders have been accustomed to the yearly sight of Vaux's swifts swirling above the chimney at Chapman Elementary School, a punctuation on summer's end. But after a shakeup in the migratory birds' habits last year, the city waits to see where they'll land now. Joe Liebezeit with the Bird Alliance of Oregon was a guest on this week's episode of Straight Talk to discuss why the migratory birds might be moving away from their traditional fall resting place.
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    6 min
  • Trump targets mail-in voting, pandemic babies hit kindergarten

    Trump targets mail-in voting, pandemic babies hit kindergarten
    Aug 29 2025
    In a KGW “Straight Talk” interview, Oregon’s top election official rejected Trump’s claim mail-in voting is “corrupt,” saying the president lacks authority to end it
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    25 min
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