Courtney Flatt
Courtney Flatt covers environmental and natural resource issues for Northwest Public Broadcasting. She is based in Washington’s Tri-Cities. She began her journalism career a
Latest work
'Recipe for disaster': Four years later, reintroducing grizzlies to Washington is still a hot topic
On the edge of the North Cascades, fear dominated the conversation as hundreds gathered this week to debate grizzly bear reintroduction.
‘Thin it or watch it burn’: How Washington is chewing up trees and spitting out resilient landscapes
Using machinery and prescribed burns, land managers are hoping to safeguard 2.7 million acres of forest from catastrophic fires like the one that destroyed Paradise in California.
Trump deals a blow to sage grouse
Ranchers support the move, but conservationists worry that increased grazing in Oregon and oil and gas drilling elsewhere threaten the greater sage grouse's recovery.
How Central WA is still rebuilding from the catastrophic Carlton Complex fire
After more than 300 homes burned in 2014, locals are getting "fire wise" with construction.