By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, This week, OFS Executive Director Katie Murray attended a planning meeting as part of the Advisory Committee for the Oregon Bee Project. OFS has served in an advisory role to this program since its inception over 10 years ago. The program’s impacts and outcomes […]

Emergency Board Approves Funding Requests to Support Agencies During Unprecedented 2026 Fire Season By Oregon House Republican Caucus, SALEM, Ore. — As of August 20, reported 2026 fire season costs totaled approximately $236.2 million. With federal assistance grants, contributions, and cost recoveries, anticipated net costs are roughly $157.4 million. Current […]

BY Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, THE DALLES, Ore. – Several California bighorn sheep along the John Day River have recently tested positive for Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M. ovi), the respiratory pathogen associated with pneumonia outbreaks in wild sheep. The detections mark the first known cases of M.ovi in the […]

Wyden, Klobuchar, Heinrich Demand Answers from Trump Official that Diverted Federal Firefighting Resources to Private Ranch Amid record wildfire season in Western U.S., top Trump official at USDA diverted scarce firefighting resources to a 7 acre fire near his private ranch in Idaho By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Washington, D.C. […]

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 […]