By American Forest Research Council, AFRC News 1/13/09, On December 31, the Records of Decision (RODs) for the BLM¡¦s Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR) were signed by Steven Allred, Assistant Secretary of Interior Lands and Minerals. This was the final step to implement the WOPR, which has taken five years […]

Guest Submission Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife OREGON CITY, Ore. – The bi-state group that sets fishing seasons for Columbia River fisheries met Thursday Jan. 29th without setting a season for spring chinook salmon. The Columbia River Joint Compact has traditionally set the season for spring chinook at its winter meeting. […]

Oregonians for Food and Shelter Legislative Report 1/23/09 The new, the very young and the more seasoned legislators all showed up in Salem to begin the 75th legislative session on January 12, 2009 to find newly remodeled offices and one party in charge. Legislators and lobbyists have spent the first […]

By Oregon State University, It’s really hot, but also energy efficient, very safe and produces no greenhouse gases. And potentially it could provide hydrogen at low cost to fuel the automobiles of the future.  Those are the driving forces behind research on a new “super hot” type of nuclear reactor […]

Guest Submission PORTLAND, Ore. — A federal judge Thursday denied a request by the Humane Society of the United States for a stay of his order allowing three Western states to resume capturing or killing sea lions that feed on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam. U.S. District Judge […]

The Oregon Rural Congress recently met in Cascade Locks to advance the voice of rural Oregon.   Here are the eight “Guiding Rural Principles” of the Oregon Rural Congress: 1.“Rural communities in Oregon, regardless of size and location, have a right to exist. Rural residents of these communities have a right […]

By Rick Sohn, Umpqua Coquille LLC This is the second report in a series on the state of the economic health of southern Oregon’s Douglas County timber industry.  Last month, prices for Studs and Logs, which affect the timber industry directly, were described in detail.  This information is updated below. […]

From Curt Kipp, Oregon Association of Nurseries, With a new Congress now in session, pro-union advocates are taking to the airwaves with a campaign promoting the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). This proposal, often called the “card-check bill,” would allow union organizers to represent workplaces in which they can get […]

Guest Submission Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Salem, Ore.— New guidelines to address wildlife concerns in the face of rapidly increasing wind energy facilities in the Columbia Basin are now available. The siting and permitting guidelines were created by a multi-stakeholder task force to assist wind developers and permitting […]

Guest Submission U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management In a move aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy on public lands, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne today issued a Secretarial Order that authorizes the Bureau of Land Management to establish coordination offices that will expedite the […]