With the ongoing drought, growing population and piping of canals, Central Oregonians are increasingly seeing their wells go dry. Many may be out of luck.
OSU-Cascades professor Bahman Abbasi leads research to bring desalination systems to the masses, along with efforts to decontaminate fracking wastewater and process the brines for lithium-ion batteries
Outdoor lights obscure dark skies, waste energy and throw off the rhythms of all types of life. Here's what advocates are doing to protect Central Oregon's vast dark skies.