Helfrich Calls for Immediate Action to Protect Oregon Family Farms By Oregon State Representative Jeff Helfrich, Hood River, OR – Following a meeting with Columbia Gorge tree fruit growers yesterday afternoon, Representative Jeff Helfrich (R-Hood River) is calling on Governor Tina Kotek, state agencies, and legislative leaders to take immediate […]

New Lawsuit Threatens Forest Management as Oregon Faces Another Summer of Wildfire and Smoke By American Forest Resource Council A new lawsuit seeking to invalidate the Bureau of Land Management’s Northwestern and Coastal Oregon Resource Management Plan for western Oregon’s O&C lands threatens to delay active forest management across 1.3 […]

Jay Remy, ODFW, Press release, It’s gonna be a hot one—for people and for fish this year. Oregon’s snowpack is at a record-breaking low this year and most of the state is in moderate to extreme drought as of June 2026. That will present challenges for cold-water fish, like trout […]

Regulatory Update By Oregonians For Food and Shelter,   OFS submitted comments to the Board of Agriculture ahead of their meeting regarding budget reductions and program prioritization. We emphasized that prioritization should focus on measurable program impacts, lowering Pesticide Analytical Response Center (PARC) and Pesticide Stewardship Partnership (PSP) due to […]

A New Era for Oregon Seafood Starts Now, USDA Announces Office of Seafood By Tootie Smith, State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency in Oregon    Oregon fishers, crabbers, clammers and shrimpers will greatly benefit from the newly established Office of Seafood, recently announced by Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins in a move that signals a stronger federal commitment to support and […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Earlier this week, the Capitol was busy with Legislative Days, where Committees held interim hearings on a range of topics – from pollinators to PFAS, and DEQ programs including Recycling Modernization and Climate Protection. With an overarching theme of funding challenges due […]

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, U.S. Senate Democrats say a bill designed to battle wildfires is likely doomed to failure after Republicans attached an amendment to eliminate the 2001 “roadless rule,” which curtails construction of new roads in 59 million acres of federal timberlands, including about 2 million acres […]

By Oregon Forestry Center, ForestFest | Free Day at the Discovery Museum July 18 @ 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Celebrate the wonders of forests at ForestFest, a free, family-friendly day of hands-on discovery, creativity, and outdoor fun in the heart of Washington Park. In partnership with the U.S. Forest […]

Cowlitz Indian Tribe Successfully Relocates “Kit Cam” Beaver Family Following weeks of public viewing, the Tribe’s beaver family has been relocated to suitable wild habitat in Southwest Washington By Cowlitz Tribe, Ridgefield, WA — The Cowlitz Indian Tribe announced the successful release and relocation of the beaver family featured on […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, This week, OFS joined a coalition of agricultural and natural resource organizations in formal comments on the draft Performance Partnership Agreement between Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and US EPA. As the two agencies lay out their working relationship and expectations in implementing federal […]