Amanda Peacher
Amanda Peacher is an Arthur F. Burns fellow reporting and producing in Berlin in 2013. Amanda is from Portland, Oregon, where she works as the public insight journalist for Oregon Public Broadcasting. She produces radio and online stories, data visualizations, multimedia projects, and facilitates community engagement opportunities for OPB's newsroom.
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Public lands are a big deal in the mountain west. Conservationists across our region are celebrating these lands all this month. -
A federal judge has extended a temporary ban on grizzly bear hunting near Yellowstone National Park while he mulls the animal’s fate. -
A leaked memo this week from the Interior Department shows Secretary Ryan Zinke wants to give states more clout over wildlife management on public lands... -
The Trump Administration has finally nominated a director for the National Park Service. The new director will manage a public lands system facing... -
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has released more details about his plan to reorganize the Department of Interior. The plan could have big impacts for... -
A new report out of Idaho shows the number of children without a permanent roof over their heads is increasing. This trend is mirrored across much of... -
The Interior Department is once again facing change in agency leadership. The acting head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stepped down. -
We want to hear YOUR questions about wildfire. Click here to submit your question to the Wanna Know Idaho podcast. Fires across the West are creating a... -
Fatimah Abbood’s wedding was supposed to happen on July 1. She and her family had everything ready the night before—lace and flowers on the tables, her... -
The fate of an important but little-known conservation fund is still uncertain after a vote in the Senate Thursday. The 50-year-old Land, Water and...
