by Jayson Bailey of Chandler, Arizona Communities for Healthy Forests Living in the Southwest, can sometimes feel a bit like living in a matchbox. It’s dry, it’s hot, and at any moment things can ignite. Fire season is nothing new to us in Arizona, each year Arizona experiences more than […]

We have 39 fires across 11 states. NBC Nightly News demonstrated the wildfires roaring across Western America in the past few days with the wildfire map. Watch the video below:

By Bill Kennemer, State Representative The governor recently signed Senate Bill 830. His signature ushers in a new chapter in lower Columbia River salmon management and the prospect of a brighter future for sports anglers and commercial fishing interests, who both stand to benefit. This historic bill moves lower Columbia […]

National Corn Growers Association Menus at many of the hottest restaurants in cities from Portland to Princeton read like a carefully crafted tome of local one-upmanship. The Smith family loving raised the joyful cow who willingly ended its sunny, grass-fed existence to bring you the finest six-ounce filet that money […]

The Medford Mail Tribune made a unique appeal to Oregon’s senior Senator Ron Wyden on his role in forest policy.   The Tribune says Wyden is the key to reinvigorating Oregon’s timber economy, but Oregon is fast losing its chance.  Read excerpt below. Mail Tribune 8/9/13 Ron Wyden likes to remind […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter FSMA Produce Safety Listening Sessions with FDA Meeting Objectives: To discuss the current proposed standards for Produce Safety, including specific aspects of the proposed rules such as agricultural water and alternatives and variances. Registration is required. For online registration, please visit: http://foodsafety.wsu.edu/fsma/index.html There will […]

By Daily Digger Oregon Association of Nurseries Presently, Oregon remains officially Japanese-beetle free, thanks to the efforts of the state’s insect pest prevention and management program. According to an in-depth story recently published by The Oregonian, workers for the Oregon Department of Agriculture use pheromone and scent traps to catch […]

National Corn Growers Association Allowing America to be pro-choice when it comes to fuel is what the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is all about and a new ad campaign directed at Washington policy makers is making that point as the oil industry ramps up its anti-choice effort to repeal the […]

By Oregon State University Extension office Photo: Chemist Staci Simonich examines a vial containing air pollutants at her lab at OSU. (Photo by Tiffany Woods) Oregon State University aims to test new technologies for measuring the toxicity of environmental chemicals to determine their health risk and see if cleaning up […]

Rate of shattered baseball bats 50 percent less, thanks to Major League Baseball, Forest Service  By USDA Forest Service As the 2013 Major League Baseball (MLB) season slides into the All-Star break, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the results of innovative research by the U.S. Forest Service, […]