Oregon Ag regulatory update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, This week, OFS submitted comments to the Department of Environmental Quality strongly opposing any recommendations to expand the Recycling Modernization Act’s (RMA) covered product definitions or increase fee-based burdens on Oregon’s food and fiber sectors. Our comments on the draft […]

Jacksonville Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax and Fraud Crimes U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Oregon Press Release, (8/21/26) MEDFORD, Ore.—A Jacksonville, Oregon, man was sentenced today for tax evasion, employment tax crimes, bank fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Joel Matthew Caswell, 32, was sentenced to 42 months […]

Recycling Modernization Act Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The Federal District Court in Oregon ruled in favor of DEQ regarding the Constitutionality of Oregon’s Recycling Modernization Act (or commonly knows as “Extended Producer Responsibility” program). Outside of the litigation, many businesses and trade associations have expressed concerns with […]

Routine slaughter testing detected the case. There is no known risk to people, and most Oregon producers are unaffected. By Oregon Department of Agriculture, The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA), in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), is announcing the confirmation […]

AFRC Supports Forest Service Proposal to Rescind 2001 Roadless Rule Rule has limited access and proactive forest management as wildfire risk and forest mortality have increased across the West By American Forest Resource Council, The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) welcomes the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed rescission of the 2001 […]

Emerald ash borer pops up in more new places, including first detections in Beaverton, Salem and Rockcreek By Oregon Forest Department, BEAVERTON, Ore. – Emerald ash borer (EAB), an exotic beetle that infests and kills ash and olive trees, has been confirmed for the first time inside Beaverton, Salem, at […]

Improving EPA’s Understanding of Forestry Pesticide Use By Cultivate NW, One area that Cultivate Northwest has focused on recently has been ensuring that federal regulators have accurate, practical information about how pesticides and other crop production tools are used in Pacific Northwest production systems. As EPA continues to work on […]

BY Oregon State University Extension Office, Press release, WARM SPRINGS, Ore. — The filters had arrived, but the box fans had not. With wildfire smoke already affecting the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs community and a Thursday outdoor market approaching, Oregon State University Extension Service employees had little time to […]

By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Press Release, SALEM, Ore.— ODFW will host a series of free upland game bird hunts for youth hunters starting in September. The hunts will take place around the state and youth hunters (age 17 and under) who have completed hunter education by the […]

By Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, When a wildfire starts in our national forests, it is common sense to put out the fire while it is small. That is also what the American public expects from the agencies responsible for protecting our forests and nearby communities. Yet a recent Associated Press […]