Farmers fear summer drought Natural Resource News Note The Medford Mail Tribune reported on growing concerns about Oregon’s excessive dry summer. The effects of historically low snowpacks and below-average rainfall are being felt by farmers across Southern Oregon who depend on streams and irrigation ditches to sustain their crops. And […]

by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Threatened Forest Lawsuit Concerns Governor: In February, an environmental group filed a legal notice of its intended lawsuit challenging Oregon State Forest management of coho salmon in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests. State Dept. of Forestry officials say such a […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation The Environmental Protection Agency’s latest greenhouse gas proposal will harm the nation’s economy, rural communities and America’s farm and ranch families if implemented, the American Farm Bureau Federation said today. The EPA’s attempt to impose a 30-percent reduction in carbon dioxide on the nation’s power […]

Associated Oregon Industries Oregon’s largest business advocate The purpose of a permit is to make sure a proposed facility or project is disclosed to the appropriate agencies and the proper predictable, predetermined standards and safe guards are employed. Unfortunately, permitting has, for many years, too often been used by third […]

By Arizona Farm Bureau Sarah Young Teskey, former Yavapai County Farm Bureau President and now a Rager Emergency Services volunteer in Oregon, remembers all too well the importance of first-aid training when an accident happens in a remote area of a farm or ranch. Arizona Farm Bureau members until they […]