(file EPA photo) By Oregonians for Food and Shelter EPA issued an update on the proposed Vulnerable Species Pilot (VSP), which identified approximately 1 million acres in Oregon as a pesticide use exclusion zone, purportedly to protect the Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly, a species listed under the Endangered Species Act. The […]

By Oregon Property Owners Association, We filed comments with the Deschutes County Planning Commission on the County’s effort to update its current Comprehensive Plan.  Oregon law requires every city and county in Oregon to maintain a comprehensive plan.  The plan contains the planning policies that govern land uses throughout the […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, On behalf of a broad coalition of natural resource industry organizations, OFS submitted this letter to state and federal agency staff. The letter details our ongoing concerns with Oregon’s Pesticide Stewardship Partnership (PSP) and the error and misinterpretation happening with PSP data analysis and presentation. […]

By Oregon Department of Agriculture, Press Release For more than 35 years, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service has been hosting orientation visits for foreign attachés based in Washington, to provide firsthand knowledge of the excellence and diversity of American agriculture. For this year’s tour, 28 attachés from 22 countries spent the […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The Legislature held its final “Legislative Days” of the year this week in the Capitol. Today marks the deadline for Senators and Representatives to request bills for drafting for the 2024 session. For the short session, each member gets two bills each, and drafts […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden: Press Release, Farms, Food, and Fiber: Merkley, Wyden Announce Senate Passage of Major Investments for Oregon Agriculture and Rural Communities Funding included in the fiscal year 2024 Senate agriculture funding bill champions family farms, rural housing, broadband, and more Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, A Prineville lumber mill operator and real estate developer bequeathed $3 million to help Jewish orphans in Israel, a gift likely to be needed as fighting continues in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel, according to Central Oregon Daily News. Marvin Harris, who […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation Axios this year declared that city coyotes are here to stay.  This is now more true since a State Agency just passed a rule making it harder to kill them. Hunters can no long engage in coyote killing contests on public lands in Oregon […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Congressional Outreach on EPA’s ESA Proposals OFS continues to advocate for a risk-based approach as EPA works to finalize new proposals aimed at protecting species listed under the Endangered Species Act. EPA’s recent proposals include changes to rodenticide use, herbicide use, and complete restrictions […]

By Andrea Cantu-Schomus October 20, 2023 Oregon Department of Agriculture, On October 19, 2023, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a non-commercial flock in Union County. […]