Podcast appearances and mentions of tony schick

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you’ve probably heard a lot about salmon — how important they are to this region, and how much trouble they’re in now. But the history lessons many of us have learned are not the whole story. Tony Schick is an investigative reporter for OPB and ProPublica. He’s done a lot of work to uncover and understand a far more sinister version of events. Along the way, he connected with Indigenous local Randy Settler and his family.   We’re sharing an episode from another OPB podcast: “Salmon Wars.” It tells the story of salmon in the Northwest  in a way you haven’t heard before – through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations.   For more Evergreen episodes and to share your voice with us, visit our showpage. Follow OPB on Instagram, and follow host Jenn Chávez too. You can sign up for OPB’s newsletters to get what you need in your inbox regularly.   Don’t forget to check out our many podcasts, which can be found on any of your favorite podcast apps: Hush Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars Politics Now Think Out Loud And many more! Check out our full show list here.

The Yakama Nation has found it nearly impossible to access $32 million in a promised federal grant for an irrigation canal conversion project.  The initiative aims to transform old irrigation canals into a solar and small-scale hydropower system, which would lower electricity costs and conserve water in the Yakima Basin. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell celebrated the project earlier this year for its potential benefits. While incentives for renewable energy are abundant, the bureaucratic processes to implement them can be frustratingly slow. Soundside caught up with investigative reporter Tony Schick to hear more about why the project is stalling. His recent story on the issue was produced in partnership with OPB, ProPublica, and High Country News. Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to kuow.org/donate/soundsidenotes Soundside is a production of KUOW in Seattle, a proud member of the NPR Network. Guests: Tony Schick, investigative reporter and editor at Oregon Public Broadcasting.  Related Links:  The Department of Energy promised this tribal nation a $32 million solar grant. It's nearly impossible to access - OPB See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NBA Hall-of-Famer, Portland Trail Blazers legend and Northwest icon Bill Walton died recently at the age of 71. He’s known as one of the most beloved Blazers of all time, credited with leading the team to its first NBA Championship in 1977. He’s also remembered as a freewheeling sportscaster, a devoted Deadhead, a young activist, a bike-lover and so much more. It’s clear from the many remembrances of him since his death how much he meant to fans across the basketball world, especially here in Oregon. We got together with two of OPB’s biggest Blazers fans, politics and government editor Andrew Theen and investigative editor and reporter Tony Schick, to share memories of Bill Walton and reflect on his legacy in Rip City and beyond.For more Evergreen episodes and to share your voice with us, visit our showpage. Follow OPB on Instagram, and follow host Jenn Chávez too. You can sign up for OPB’s newsletters to get what you need in your inbox regularly.   Don’t forget to check out our many podcasts, which can be found on any of your favorite podcast apps: Timber Wars Season 2: Salmon Wars Politics Now Think Out Loud And many more! Check out our full show list here.

The Columbia River's millions of salmon sustained Indigenous people throughout the Pacific Northwest for millennia. But between the effects of overfishing and climate change, there's only a fraction of their historic populations left. Today on City Cast Portland, executive producer John Notarianni talks with OPB investigations editor Tony Schick about OPB's new podcast “Salmon Wars.” Schick digs deep into the history of the fish, the radical efforts to preserve them, and the threats they still face. Events mentioned in today's episode: McMenamins UFO Fest, May 17 - 18 East Portland Sunday Parkways, May 19 The Vanport Mosaic Festival, May 18 - June 1 Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here.  Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter, Hey Portland, and be sure to follow us on Instagram.  Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You’ve probably heard about fish ladders and other mechanisms to help adult salmon get upstream past dams. It turns out that on the Willamette River, more than half of baby salmon die on their way downstream past the dams trying to get to the ocean. The US Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that operates the dams, has proposed building massive and costly fish collectors to try to save a fish population increasingly in danger of extinction. But reporting by OPB and Propublica casts doubt on the plan, as many outside the Corps consider the collectors unnecessary and unlikely to succeed.We hear more from Tony Schick, OPB investigative reporter and editor, who reported on salmon and Willamette River dams in collaboration with Propublica.

OPB's latest podcast, “Salmon Wars,” tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you haven’t heard before — through the voices of one Yakama Nation family who have been fighting for salmon for generations. In episode one, host Tony Schick introduces us to Randy Settler and his family. The Settlers, members of the Yakama Nation, have been deeply affected by the Northwest’s salmon policies for generations. They lost their home, their primary food source, and their ancestral fishing grounds. Randy and his parents went to jail for exercising their fishing rights. They also won some important victories along the way. Now, he’s passing the fight on to younger people in the tribe.

Lottie Sam, front right, and other women prepare salmon before a ceremony held by the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Photo by Tony Schick/OPB On today's show: 0:08 – Marcy Wheeler (@emptywheel), independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties at emptywheel.net. 0:20 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), National Affairs Correspondent for The Nation magazine. 0:33 – Tony Schick, an investigative and data reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting's Science & Environment unit discusses toxic chemicals found in Pacific Northwest Chinook salmon and its disproportionate affects on Native tribes. The post Final House Committee Hearing on January 6 Capitol Riot; Plus Toxic Chemicals in Fish Promised to Native Tribes appeared first on KPFA.

The U.S. government promised Native tribes in the Pacific Northwest that they could keep fishing for salmon as they'd always done. But instead of working to preserve wild salmon, the federal government has propped up a system of failing hatcheries. OPB's Tony Schick tells us about his new investigative report in collaboration with ProPublica.

Just why are we so obsessed with dragons, and stories about dragons? Guest speaker Fr Tony Schick MGL offers piercing insight into the nature of anger, and its place in the Christian spiritual life. This special episode breaks from our usual story-based episode, to present an interview on a very misunderstood and important topic.Oh! I found out that YouTube has streamed the whole Russian movie of "I am dragon" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9yi_DzmNy4Alternatively, you can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj1PJS0HjK8

Oregon’s timber industry has undergone an extreme makeover in the 30 years since the fight over old growth forests and spotted owls. But despite timber companies’ diminished economic contributions, they have held on to much of their status and influence. They’ve done that with the help of an obscure public agency -- called The Oregon Forest Resources Institute.OPB, The Oregonian and ProPublica teamed up to investigate.Here’s OPB’s Tony Schick, explaining how this public agency has aided industry lobbying and image-making efforts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Timber helped build Oregon, but, since the 1990s, the state’s western counties have lost thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in annual revenue. For decades, much of the blame for the downturn has been placed on the federal government’s decision to reduce logging in national forests. An investigation by OPB, The Oregonian/OregonLive and ProPublica examined ownership and tax data to determine the financial losses for counties in the Coast Range from the decline in logging on federal lands and from tax cuts for the timber industry. We hear from investigative reporters Tony Schick and Rob Davis.

Oregon fish and wildlife commissioners approved a new plan last week for gray wolves. The plan sets protocols for potential hunts and new thresholds for when the agency may kill wolves after attacks on cattle and sheep. OPB’s Tony Schick fills us in on the details.

This week we're joined by Tony Schick of OPB to discuss the current state of wildfire in Oregon. We review how our fundamental strategy to fighting fires has been deeply flawed for decades, not only impeding our ability to control the risk of wildfires, but actually contributing directly to the profound increase in frequency and cost of their most severe manifestations. During the show we go deep on the history of the problem, our current state, and the solution that experts agree will greatly reduce the region’s risk, if leaders will put greater action behind their words.

Many customers lost a lot money when the Legend Solar company failed, and they didn't even get their solar panels. In this second part of our investigative series, we hear about the companies and organizations that stepped up to complete Legend Solar's unfinished jobs. Tony Schick of EarthFix reports.

The company was a rising star in the burgeoning solar panel industry, advertising big savings and quality service. Legend Solar didn't deliver, however, and dozens of customers - including several in Oregon - paid for panels they never got. Tony Schick from EarthFix has part one of an investigative series.

A growing number of wolves in the Northwest means more chances for dead sheep and cattle. In response, state governments in Oregon and Washington now spend tens of thousands of dollars to kill wolves. But some scientists and advocates say the states are misinterpreting and disregarding scientific research. They say their approach toward killing wolves could harm wildlife, and is unlikely to reduce livestock losses. EarthFix reporter Tony Schick has this story.

OPB has been reporting on a federal boarding school for Native youth in Salem. Chemawa Indian School has drawn criticism for its treatment of both students and teachers, in stories from OPB’s Rob Manning and EarthFix reporter Tony Schick. Today Rob focuses on the veil of secrecy that surrounds the federal school. And Autumn rains have washed away the smoke of the summer wildfires. But Jeff Mapes reports that Congress remains embroiled in a high-stakes environmental debate over how to reduce the growing threat of catastrophic blazes in Western forests and rangelands.

In our series on problems at one of the few federally-run boarding schools for Native American students, Tony Schick looks into charges of nepotism and favoritism. For students, the lack of Native American administrators at the Chemawa Indian School is troubling.

Questionable diplomas. Spurious expulsions. Students falling through gaps in health, safety and academic services. Those are some of the problems at Chemawa Indian School uncovered in stories by OPB’s Rob Manning and Earthfix reporter Tony Schick. In this installment, Tony looks at a big reason these problems have persisted for years: Staff feel threatened or retaliated against when they push for changes.

Chemawa Indian School serves about 350 Native high schoolers from all over the country, at its secluded campus in Salem. It started as a place to indoctrinate indigenous youth into American society. But over the years, Chemawa has tried to re-position itself as a college prep school . OPB reporters Rob Manning and Tony Schick of EarthFix have been looking into a range of problems at Chemawa. Today, Rob looks at academics.

Flint Tall enrolled at the Chemawa Indian School, one of only four Native American boarding schools the federal government still runs, in 2010. After a kind of bizarre misunderstanding, he was kicked out soon after. After returning home to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, he was killed in a drunk driving incident. Tall's mother says he wouldn't have gotten mixed up with alcohol if he was still in school. In the first of a series of stories about Chemawa students, OPB's Rob Manning - with assistance from reporter Tony Schick - brings you Tall's story.

We’re laughing on the outside and crying on the inside this week.The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Brings Copyright Law Into the 21st Century - 00:59The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announced this week it will no longer charge copyright fees except for commercial uses (did you know artists can sue you for posting a photo of their work online?). Producer Aaron Scott explains why this is a big deal and speaks with Rauschenberg's son, who just so happens to be Portlander Christopher Rauschenberg, a photographer and co-founder of Blue Sky Gallery.Bullseye Glass Update - 5:05The air emissions story that began at two Portland art-glass makers has boiled over into state government and soon into the court room. Oregon’s top environmental administrator and an air quality regulator stepped down this week. Earthfix's Tony Schick stopped by to give us an update.The Electric Poetry of Robin Coste Lewis - 11:05Robin Coste Lewis won the National Book Award last year for her debut poetry collection, Voyage of the Sable Venus. The structure of the book's titular poem was guided by one simple rule: it is made up entirely of the titles, catalog entries and exhibit descriptions of artistic depictions of black female figures. Coste Lewis spoke with Think Out Loud's Dave Miller and read several poems. M. Ward Sings to His Baby (and opbmusic) - 22:44The latest release from M. Ward, More Rain, might sound like a Portland soundtrack, but it belies its name with sunny sounds of doo-wop and golden era AM radio sensibilities. The artist came by the OPB studios to play a few songs with a power backing band (REM's Scott McCoy, Mike Coykendall, and Alialujah Choir's Adam Selzer and Alia Farah), who he insists he did not find on Craigslist. The Book of Unknown Americans at Milagro Theater - 29:55The Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads this year focuses on Cristina Henríquez's lauded novel, The Book of Unknown Americans. Henríquez will be in town on Tuesday (we'll have excerpts for you next week), but in preparation, Milagro Theatre brought in a group of actors to read her work. We share one of our favorites.Sandra Cisneros at Wordstock - 34:48One of Henríquez's influences was Sandra Cisneros' 1984 novel, The House on Mango Street. The story revolves around a girl trying to escape her poor Chicago neighborhood and is one of the few novels from a Latina perspective to be embraced by the literary establishment. We interviewed Cisneros at Wordstock last November shortly after the release of her latest work, A House of My Own: Stories From My Life.Farewell, Sweet Comedy: Amy Miller and Sean Jordan - 41:15Stand-up veterans Sean Jordan and Amy Miller are leaving for Los Angeles this month but not before one final farewell at Aladdin Theater on Mar. 13. The comedians talk with April Baer about what they love about Portland and why they have to leave.Visit our website for videos and full interviews: http://www.opb.org/radio/article/m-ward-robin-coste-lewis-robert-rauschenberg-sandra-cisneros-amy-miller-sean-jordan