NWS cuts to staff and forecasters pose big risk for Pacific Northwest
As the Trump Administration makes cuts in the federal work force, hundreds have been laid off from the National Weather Service and its parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Old Farmer’s Almanac, NOAA disagree on Pacific Northwest’s spring outlook
The Old Farmer’s Almanac has predicted a drier, warmer spring for the Pacific Northwest, but a federal weather agency has said otherwise. The almanac recently released its forecast for next season.
Federal NOAA cuts hit Seattle offices
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists and other employees in Seattle are among the estimated 880 agency staff fired Thursday across the U.S., according to Sen. Maria Cantwell’s office and union representatives.
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Conservation groups sue NOAA Fisheries over protection for Pacific Northwest spring-run Chinook salmon
Conservation groups are suing NOAA Fisheries after the agency missed the one-year deadline for ruling on a petition seeking Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections for spring-run Chinook salmon in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
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Layoffs and potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA’s future
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA's offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
Pacific Northwest could get more rain in two days than the rest of February
A pair of storms pummeling the Pacific Northwest threaten flooding, avalanches and 'sting jets' – intense and destructive low-level winds.