By Oregon Farm Bureau On Friday, Dec. 17, Majority Leader Reid (D-Nev.) introduced an omnibus public lands and water bill, the America Great Outdoors Act (S. 303), in the Senate. The bill is a package of 110 separate public lands and water and wildlife bills. The package includes the Chesapeake […]

NW Law FirmCan Business Lawyers Afford to Practice “Defensively”? Stoel Rives LLP By Kenneth Odza For years, a debate has raged on the merits of vesting the FDA with mandatory recall powers. Mandatory recall is part of the food safety legislation that may or may not pass in this Congress, […]

Renewable Energy Failure: Why Government Mandates Don’t Work and What They Will Do to Our Economy By Torey Holderith and Todd Wynn Click here for the full report. Here is an excerpt: Renewable energy has long been hailed as the cure-all for Oregon’s economy. “Good policy, good for economic development, […]

ODFW will form advisory group for new hunting dog and raptor training rules By Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, SALEM, Ore.—After hearing concerns from hunting dog trainers and other members of the public, ODFW will take additional time before taking proposed hunting dog and raptor training rules to the […]

PLC, Livestock Groups Say Secretarial Order May Threaten Grazing National Cattlemen’s Beef Association WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2010) -Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, on Nov. 15, 2010, signed a Secretarial Order elevating the Office of the National Landscape Conservation System and Community Partnerships in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to […]

By Oregon Wheat Grower’s League The Nominating Committee chaired by OWGL Immediate Past President, Jeff Newtson, offered a slate of officers for 2011 as follows:, Craig Reeder, President; Tyson Raymond, Vice President; Walter Powell, Secretary/Treasurer; and Darren Padget, Immediate Past President. The members present at the Annual Meeting in Portland […]

Bighorn sheep released at new Oregon locations By Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife December 17, 2010 THE DALLES, Ore.— ODFW released California bighorn sheep at two new locations this month, Cottonwood Canyon State Park and near the John Day Fossil Beds. Cottonwood Canyon is a new state park in […]

EPA Tailoring Rule Jeopardizes Renewable Energy Investment, Jobs, Production Goals National Alliance of Forest Owners WASHINGTON, D.C. – A newly released economic impact study finds that the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule” jeopardizes over 130 renewable energy projects, between 11,000 and […]

ASA Hails Senate Passage of Tax Legislation, Urges Prompt House Passage Package contains retroactive extension of biodiesel tax incentive, estate tax provisions By American Soybean Association December 15, 2010… Saint Louis, Missouri… The American Soybean Association (ASA) applauds Senate passage of the “Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation […]

Kitzhaber biomass predicament, Metal theft law, Salazar visit, More… by Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager Associated Oregon Loggers Metal Theft Law Working: Police report that a law passed by the 2009 Oregon Legislature, intended to prevent thieves profiting from stolen scrap metal, has helped reduce metal theft. The new law […]