By Oregon Small Business Association Foundation, Oregon researchers partnering with PacifiCorp at a Wyoming wind farm hope painting one of the three fiberglass blades in 30 wind turbines black may save more birds and bats from dying in collisions, according to KLCC. A study in Norway showed painting one blade […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Press Release, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today urged the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to provide additional management flexibility and key investments for a full recovery of the rangelands that have been devastated during recent […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter OFS joined hundreds of other organizations around the U.S. in requesting an extension from EPA on the comment period for the recently released Draft Insecticide Strategy. The Draft contains 700 pages of highly technical information, and the resulting Final Strategy will have a significant […]

By Oregon State University Extension Office, Nick Andrews, Oregon State University Extension Service’s organic vegetable specialist, is one of the university’s resident experts on cover crops and a founding board member of the Western Cover Crops Council Cover crops are not grown to be eaten or sold — rather they […]

By Oregon Family Farm Association, What do four-legged animals in Oregon have to do with the Olympics in Paris? Ralph Lauren used wool from sheep raised on the Imperial Ranch Farms in Maupin to create Team USA’s blue blazers adorned with red-and-white tipping worn during the opening ceremonies, according to […]

By Oregon Fish & Wildlife, Rewards doubled for information leading to the individuals(s) using pellet guns to harass and kill deer in Roseburg this summer following multiple calls to report carcasses to the Turn In Poachers (TIP) line. The Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) is offering $2,000 cash, or four ODFW […]

By Oregon DEQ Press Release, Oregon’s New Rules for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Engines What are the Clean Truck Rules? In November 2021, Oregon’s Environmental Quality Commission adopted the Clean Truck Rules. They were adopted by referencing California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule and Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Omnibus (also […]

Oregon Farm Bureau Launches Wildfire Relief Fund to Support Affected Farmers and Ranchers By Oregon Farm Bureau, Salem, Ore -The Oregon Farm Bureau (OFB) is calling on its members and the wider community to rally in support of those affected by the severe wildfires currently ravaging our state. With 129 […]

By Oregon Attorney General Press Release, Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in petitioning the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to initiate rulemaking to update its regulations to recognize extreme heat and wildfire smoke events as eligible for major disaster declarations under the Stafford Act. […]

By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Press Release, As an unprecedented number of devastating wildfires burn across the state this July, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden sent an urgent letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland calling for more firefighting resources to respond to […]