Oregon declares drought emergency as snowpack levels drop

Portland | Reuters — Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought emergency on Tuesday in two rural Oregon counties, with more expected in the coming weeks, as the state suffers abnormally low snowpack levels. The declarations in Oregon come as much of the U.S. West grapples with severe drought conditions. Last week Washington’s Governor Jay […] Read more

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Canada blocks poultry, eggs from U.S. Northwest

Birds, eggs and poultry products from Washington and Oregon are being kept out of Canada after findings of high-path avian flu in a pair of backyard flocks in those states. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Dec. 24 reported highly pathogenic (“high-path”) H5N2 avian flu in a backyard free-range flock of geese, turkeys, chickens, ducks […] Read more