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April 3, 2010 - Wallowa Lake to break fish record again

Wallowa  Lake kokanee break records again Wan Teece’s fish could be national record Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife ENTERPRISE, Ore.—Wan Teece of Enterprise caught a kokanee weighing 8.23 pounds, measuring 26.25 inches in length with a girth of 16 inches at Wallowa Lake on March 24, breaking the Oregon […]


April 2, 2010 - Congress Must Axe EPA Greenhouse Gas Scheme

AFBF Calls on Congress to Nullify EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Scheme American Farm Bureau Federation WASHINGTON, D.C., March 31, 2010 – Now is the time for Congress to nullify greenhouse gas permit requirements that were announced this week by the Environmental Protection Agency. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, efforts […]


April 1, 2010 - Oregon logging boom makes headlines

Oregon logging mills made the Wall Street Journal headlines this week.  It appears that the quake in Chile has set-back logging in the world just enough to drive up prices and send mills scrambling to take advantage.  Read a portion of WSJ reporter Leah Nash below… “…The Boise Cascade Plywood […]


March 31, 2010 - Renewable Energy Costs You, Whether You Like It or Not

by Todd Wynn Cascade Policy Institute Portland General Electric (PGE) customers may have noticed something new on their bills recently. Last month, a “renewable resource adjustment” was added to electricity bills to pay for additional renewable resources like wind power. Even if you are not enrolled in the Green Power […]


March 31, 2010 - Rural Business Opportunity Grants Available

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Yesterday’s Federal Register announced the availability of grants to fund projects designed to help rural communities create wealth, repopulate and become self-sustaining.  Projects can receive up to $250,000 across a period of up to two years. These Regional Business Opportunity Grants (RBOG)  give preference to  “Great […]


March 30, 2010 - Forecast shows low water levels

Warm and dry winter leads to water concerns in Oregon By Oregon Department of Agriculture, In typical El Niño fashion, winter in the Pacific Northwest has been generally warm and dry, as predicted. Spring officially arrived this past weekend but may not carry with it as much precipitation as needed […]


March 29, 2010 - New D.C. animal group poses danger for ranchers

By Mike Mehren Oregon Feed and Grain Association This little beauty will be quite a bit different than any of my columns. This is about an organization calling itself ‘Global Animal Partnership’. The organization is headquartered in Wa D.C. Members of the Board include Wayne Pacelle of the H.S.U.S. and […]


March 28, 2010 - National Water Census will assess nation’s resources

American Farm Bureau Federation, As Americans start to fill out the U.S. Census forms they have received in recent days, one government agency is working on another kind of census: a National Water Census to get a handle on the water resources that are available for various uses—irrigation, livestock, public […]



March 27, 2010 - Mount St. Helens Reawakens: The 30th Anniversary

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Vancouver, Wash.—A magnitude 4.2 earthquake 30 years ago Saturday (3/20) marked the reawakening of Mount St. Helens after 123 years of inactivity and set the stage for the most destructive eruption in U.S. history. The catastrophic eruption of May 18, 1980, claimed […]