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 […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The Oregon Climate Action Commission (CAC) voted to adopt the most ambitious of a set of proposed statewide carbon sequestration goals, nearly doubling the target they established in 2021. The goal is intended to be achieved through Natural Climate Solutions implemented on […]

OFB Welcomes Administration’s Overhaul of Bureau of Land Management Grazing Regulations BY Oregon Farm Bureau, Oregon Farm Bureau Welcomes Administration’s Overhaul of Bureau of Land Management Grazing Regulations Salem, Ore. – Oregon Farm Bureau welcomes the Trump Administration’s overhaul of Bureau of Land Management grazing regulations, which represent a meaningful […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Late this afternoon, the Oregon Elections Division completed signature verification for Initiative Petition 28 and has determined that the petition does NOT contain sufficient signatures to qualify for the November general election ballot. While some in the industry hoped to see it on the […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, Forest Grove firefighters quickly doused a brush fire started in a crimson clover field near Gales Creek by farming equipment, days after firefighters fought a similar field fire sparked by combine. The blaze burned two acres in the 5400 block of Northwest Old Wilson River […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) has released the final Climate Resilience Attributes of Oregon Lands and Waters report. The metrics developed from these attributes will be used to track state agency progress toward the Governor’s climate resilience goals. During the […]

By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, As part of its recycling program, California has offered a $5 million grant to help Revino expand its reusable wine bottles with a washing and processing center. With the CalRecycle grant, Revino, a Newberg startup that has sold 1.9 million specially designed bottles for […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, OFS and our broad coalition of concerned partners are closely watching the developments for IP 28, or what we believe is likely to become Ballot Measure 121. Oregon voters are inching closer to voting on whether to prohibit animal agriculture, pest control, hunting and […]