By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, We’re down the last two (at most) weeks of the 2025 Legislative Session, with major outstanding issues still being negotiated including transportation and wildfire funding, and the Governor’s two water-related bills, SB 1153 and SB 1154. Democratic leadership continues to propose a transportation package […]

By State Representative Boomer Wright and State Representative Court Boice June 9th, 2025 Representatives Boomer Wright (R-Reedsport) and Court Boice (R-Gold Beach) applauded the signage of Senate Bill 221 which will assist in the establishment of fall Chinook fish incubation nursery programs. Streamside incubators, such as those promoted by the […]

Legislative Update By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, The Legislature is continuing to figure out how to tie up loose ends in the final weeks of the session. Those loose ends are pretty major, including determining how to cobble together a proposal for road maintenance and other transportation needs, finding […]

REPRESENTATIVE BOBBY LEVY CELEBRATES PASSAGE OF SB 777 TO STRENGTHEN OREGON’S WOLF COMPENSATION PROGRAM By Oregon State Representative Bobby Levy,   SALEM, ORE. – Today, the Oregon House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 777 A, legislation that significantly strengthens Oregon’s Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Grant Program. Representative Bobby Levy […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, OFS legislative priorities are narrowed down to just a handful of bills at this point in session, with the Governor’s SB 1154 being the primary bill we’ve been spending time on over the last several weeks, in addition to our budget priorities. The bill […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   This week brought more headlines from Salem as legislators try to figure out how to pay for a proposed transportation package. The transportation co-chairs have unveiled a revised proposal for a transportation package, notably suggesting the replacement of DEQ’s current Climate Protection Program with a cap […]

By Madilynne Clark, Cascade Policy Institute, Over-promising and under-delivering has been the habit of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) for decades, with businesses and counties enduring financial hardships from ODF’s inconsistent timber sales. House Bill 3103 with the -1 amendment seeks to address these concerns by requiring ODF to create […]

By Oregonians for Food and Shelter, Legislative Update This week, state economists delivered the long-awaited quarterly revenue forecast, which sets the stage for the next biennial budget. The only required duty of legislators during the long session is to deliver a budget by the start of the new fiscal cycle: […]

Linn County Hosts Upper Willamette District Tractor Driving Competition By Oregon Farm Bureau, On April 24th, Linn County Farm Bureau put on the Upper Willamette District FFA Tractor Driving Competition, which tests high school students in their knowledge of tractor safety and handling though various driving competitions and a written […]

Help Us Combat Misinformation in the Make America Healthy Again Movement By Oregonians for Food and Shelter,   Agriculture and forestry could face serious challenges from the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission. We need your help to ensure a science-based assessment of pesticides in the MAHA Commission’s initial report, […]