Todd Nash, rancher and Wallowa County commissioner, examines wolf tracks on a road in the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, which leads up to a pasture where his cattle graze. Photo by Tony Schick, OPB...

A photo of Lake Kachess, which could be impacted.

A young resident killer whale chases a chinook salmon in the Salish Sea near San Juan Island, Washington, in September 2017. Courtesy of Oregon State University.

A view of Mt. Everest taken from Mt. Lobuche.

Jeanne Hyde captured this photo of J-27 chasing Salmon.

A grass fire burns across eastern Washington.

Contractors place an engineered cover, called geomembrane, over the balefill area at Pasco Sanitary Landfill. The fire under this area burned for about two years. Photo credit: John Richards

A woman hikes at Mount Rainier National Park.

File photo of a coal mining operation in Wyoming. Government officials there want to use state money to help finance construction of shipping terminals in the Northwest to export Wyoming coal to Asia.

The gondola at Crystal stands ready to begin its winter season. In the future, Crystal may expand snowmaking to its upper mountain.

The gray wolf is protected as endangered and threatened in some states, and considered a keystone species.

An inactive coal mine could be revived near Seattle.

Secretary Sally Jewell speaks at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

Gray wolf numbers in Washington have grown rapidly over the past few years, prompting collaboration with stakeholders.

Deer at Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park