New Urbanism

The City of Portland, Oregon seems to have a success story on its hands, twenty- five years in the making. In order to improve the quality of life in urban Portland, and limit growth of its farms and forests, back in 1973 citizens began implementing a zoning plan to limit sprawl whose outcome they are […]

As scientists and White House advisors work towards a forest plan for the Northwest, both the timber industry and environmentalists worry that the final product will please no one. Henry Sessions of Portland, Oregon reports on the long wait for Clinton’s forest plan.

Henry Sessions of Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on one of the most ambitious urban greenspace preservation programs in the country. The combined public-private effort aims to set aside as much land as possible in and around Portland, Oregon, the last big metropolitan area on the West Coast with a large amount of undeveloped land.

The sport of riding specially-outfitted bikes on railroad tracks is illegal in most places, and can be dangerous. But, a businessman from the Pacific Northwest is hoping to popularize the sport. Tom Banse reports from Portland, Oregon.

Producer DMae (DEE-MAY) Roberts is used to buzzing around a lot to cover stories, but one recent day the buzz came to her — and landed right in her front yard in Portland, Oregon. She tells us what happened when nature paid a house call.