By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Senate Bill 800 is being heard in the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources April 1 at 3:00pm at the Capitol. Your input is imperative! Please weigh in and let legislators know you OPPOSE this bill. What does SB 800 do?  This bill […]

Oregon Forestry Department Lays Off Workers By Natural Resource Report News Note, Seven forestry department positions will be cut at the Coos District Office which handles the Elliott State Forest Management plan. Due to an injunction by a federal judge in November, logging at 11 timber sales, including Elliott, has […]

By American Farm Bureau Federation A crop report issued today by the Agriculture Department indicates that America’s farmers are preparing to plant 97.3 million acres of corn, one of the largest crops in history, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The forecast is on target with what grain industry […]

RFA Requests Multi-Agency Investigation into Oil Industry’s Discriminatory and Unlawful Conduct Renewable Fuels Association In a letter sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) requested a multi-agency investigation into […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association The Public Lands Council (PLC), National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association (ACGA) expressed strong support for the Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2013 (H.R. 1345), reintroduced with bipartisan support by Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.). This bill, familiar from the last session of […]

Oregon’s wave energy faces setback By Natural Resource News Note: From Coos Bay World, “A much vaunted wave energy park off the South Coast may not be finished this year in part because of financial issues.  In its third quarter financial results, Ocean Power Technologies said “regulator, business and financial […]

  Christine Souza By California Farm Bureau Illegal marijuana grows cause significant environmental degradation in California, a Department of Fish and Wildlife official says. (Photo courtesy of Lt. John Nores Jr.) For years, farmers and ranchers living in the “Emerald Triangle” of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties have dealt with […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter Several important bills are up for a hearing Tuesday March 26 at 8:00am at the Capitol If you grow, or ever plan on growing, genetically engineered (GE) crops, tuesday’s hearing on three anti-biotechnology bills is extremely important. HB 2319 – Declares that the planting, […]

Oregon Timber Industry Comments on Senate County Payments Hearing and Outlines Real Solutions By American Forest Research Counci The American Forest Resource Council joined the Carpenters Industrial Council, Siskiyou County, California, and a group of forest products manufacturers and private forest landowners in a lawsuit to overturn the latest Northern […]

Farmers to Receive a Reduction in Direct Payments This Fall By National Association of Wheat Growers Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, alerted the hill on Wednesday that the Department will reduce payments received earlier this year due to sequestration. The reductions are primarily in three programs: Milk Income Loss Contract […]