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Greenland is larger than any American state, but 80% of it is buried beneath an ice sheet. Almost 90% of the nearly 60,000 ...
A novel study reveals a significantly higher concentration of recreational (nonmedical) cannabis retailers in ...
Botto’s BBQ stands in Portland like a beacon for carnivores – unassuming from the outside, but housing treasures that have barbecue enthusiasts making pilgrimages from Astoria to Ashland. The ...
Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.
WorldAtlas, an online geography and educational website, recently pointed out the "5 Most Rattlesnake Infested Areas in Oregon," highlighting how the area's habitat attracts the different subspecies ...
In fact, many of the maps in our heads share the same errors, some of which are quite large—and surprisingly resistant to correction. Nelson’s father, who was a geography professor at Central ...
An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on April 22 after it passed the Oregon Senate. It now moves onto the House. Senate Bill 83 ...
An Oregon bill that would eliminate a controversial wildfire hazard map moved one step closer to reality on Tuesday after unanimously passing the Senate Committee on Natural Resources. Senate Bill ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Republicans in the Oregon legislature introduced a bill on Tuesday to repeal the state’s Wildfire Hazard Map, citing concerns that the wildfire resiliency tool is ...
So if something happens in Oregon, it’s not just happening ... sort of on a whim, to major in geography, because I was like “I like maps,” fast forwarding about a decade or so, I had really ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek paused referrals for wildfire hazard map appeals on Monday, which come amid calls from state lawmakers to repeal the maps altogether. Kotek ...
The maps show exactly how long it will take ... Advertising “The geography of the Oregon coast is such that our tsunami zones are relatively narrow,” Laura Gabel, a coastal field geologist ...