Fair Compensation for Ranchers: Oregon Senate Passes SB 777 Championed by Nash
Salem, OR. – Official Release: The Oregon Senate has passed Senate Bill 777, a long-overdue update to Oregon’s wolf depredation...
Natural Resources
Forest Management Updates: Linn County Commissioners Take Action
Linn County, OR. — Official Release: Reacting quickly to an Executive Order to investigate federal forest policies signed by President...
Oregon Senate Confirms New Forestry Board Members
Salem, OR.— Official Release: The Oregon Senate confirmed three members to the Board of Forestry. Alexi Lovechio starts as a...
Oregon Forestry Implementation Plans: Comment Period Open
Oregon -- Official Release: The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) opens a 30-day comment period starting Thursday on proposed Implementation...
Upcoming IRST Meeting: Forest Practices and Research Discussion – Feb. 19th
Corvallis, OR. — Official Release: The Independent Research and Science Team (IRST) of the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Adaptive Management...
U.S. House Passes Fix Our Forests Act to Manage Wildfires
Washington, D.C. - Official Release: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Fix Our Forests Act with a vote of...
Key Insights from BPA’s January Council Meeting on Energy Resources
Oregon - Official Release: At January’s Council meeting, senior BPA officials presented the results of their 2024 Resource Program, a...
BLM Announces New Resource Management Plan for Area in Lake and Harney Counties
Lakeview, OR. — Official Release: The Bureau of Land Management today announced the release of the record of decision and approved...
Final Rules for Hydrogen Production Tax Credit Explained
Washington, D.C. – Official Release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final rules for...
Bureau of Land Management releases proposed management plan for southern Oregon
Lakeview, OR. — Official Release: The Bureau of Land Management released a Final Environmental Impact Statement and proposed resource management...
Removal of Hult Dam in Lane County Proposed by Bureau of Land Management
7/26/2024 Lane County, OR. - Official Release: The Bureau of Land Management is announcing a proposal to remove Hult Dam...
Governor Tina Kotek Makes Two Appointments to the Oregon State Board of Agriculture
6/13/2024 Oregon - Official Release: Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has appointed Tyrel Kliewer and Ellie Norris, two individuals with unique...
Oregon State Land Board Appoints Elliott State Research Forest Board of Directors
6/12/2024 Oregon – Official Release: The State Land Board today appointed the first voting members of the Elliott State Research...
Forest Service to invest more than $1.2 million in Oregon, Washington to restore tribal, state & private forests
6/11/2024 Oregon / Washington - Official Release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service is investing more than $1.2 million...
Oregon DEQ issues 11 penalties in April for environmental violations totaling over $1 Million
6/8/2024 Oregon — Official Release: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued 11 penalties totaling $1,022,833 in April for various...
State Land Board to Meet June 11 in Salem for Elliott Research Forest Board Appointments, 2025 Budget and More
6/5/2024 Salem, OR. – Official Release: The State Land Board will meet on Tuesday, June 11 at 10 a.m. at...
NOAA Fisheries Reports McKenzie River Restoration Benefiting Threatened Upper Willamette River Chinook
6/4/2024 Lane County, OR. - Official Release: NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation and partners are increasing numbers of threatened Upper Willamette...
Rep. Rodgers, Senator Barrasso Call Out Biden Administration for Continued Abuse of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
5/30/2024 Washington D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee...
Committee for Emergency Fire Cost to Meet June 4
5/24/2024 Salem, OR. — Official Release: The Emergency Fire Cost Committee will meet in the Tillamook Room, Building C, Oregon...
City of Sherwood Receives EPA Grant to Clean Up Former Tannery Site
5/22/2024 Sherwood, OR. - Official Release: The City of Sherwood has been notified of a pending $5 million grant from...
State Holding Open House Meetings on Community Wildfire Programs
5/15/2024 Salem, OR. — Official Release: A series of six open houses about the state’s new community wildfire risk reduction programs...
Governor Kotek Appoints New Directors for Oregon Water Resources Department, Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board
5/8/2024 Salem, OR. — Official Release: Today, Governor Tina Kotek announced that she has appointed new directors for the Oregon...
J.E. Schroeder Seed Orchard Contracts Kevin Barnes to Propagate Trees for Oregon’s Forests
5/7/2024 ST. PAUL, OR. – The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) contracted Kevin Barnes, grafting specialist, to propagate improved Douglas...
DEQ Is Receiving Public Comment on Proposed Solid Waste Disposal Site Permit for Rogue Klamath Transfer Station Until April 15th
4/9/2024 Klamath County, OR. - HOW TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT Facility name: Rogue Klamath Transfer Station Permit type: Solid Waste...
Regional Forest Practice Committee for northwest Oregon meets April 15
4/9/2024 Salem, OR. – Official Release: The Regional Forest Practice Committee for northwest Oregon will meet at 10 a.m. on...