By Congressman Greg Walden, Lost in the din of the debate this summer over how to improve and strengthen America’s healthcare system is the other national crisis that America can no longer afford to ignore: our dependence on foreign energy.  Twelve months ago, skyrocketing oil prices drove the energy question […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife– Heightened interest in harnessing wave energy off the Oregon coast is raising concerns about the effects on aquatic life. Issues surrounding this technology will be among the topics that will be explored during a fish science conference Sept. 11-13 hosted by the Oregon Department […]

New Law Will Allow Stations to Sell Premium Gas Without Ethanol for Certain Non-Road Uses From Governor Kulongoski Office: SALEM— The Governor this week signed HB 3497 to amend Oregon’s ethanol mandate by allowing service stations to sell premium, higher-octane gasoline without ethanol.  House Republican Leader Bruce Hanna (R-Roseburg) and […]

National Cattlemen’s Beef Association:  WASHINGTON (July 22 2009) – Jim Chilton, a fifth generation rancher from southeast Ariz., testified today on behalf of National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) during a House Committee on Small Business hearing on the Clean Water Restoration Act (CWRA). Chilton, […]

American Farm Bureau Federation: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2009 – American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman today asked the Senate Agriculture Committee to take an active and aggressive role in the climate change debate, but cautioned committee members that rushing to pass such sweeping legislation would be a fundamental […]

BLM Announces Public Use Restrictions Vale, Oregon – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Vale District is restricting public uses on public lands which will take effect on Friday July 24, 2009. To ensure the continued enjoyment of BLM public lands, visitors must be aware of the public use restrictions […]

By Daily Digger Blog Oregon Association of Nurseries Wilsonville, Ore – The Oregon Association of Nurseries today launched a far-reaching initiative to establish sustainability goals for Oregon’s nursery and greenhouse industry – Oregon’s largest sector of agriculture. Several of Oregon’s largest growers and retailers will unite in an effort to: […]

The battle over the Northern Spotted Owl between environmentalists and logging interests continues.  A new study suggests that the assumptions the Bush Administration used to justify more logging in old growth forests are flawed. The author of the study Chad T. Hanson, a fire and forest ecologist at the University […]

By Dunn, Carney, Allen, Higgins & TongueDunn Carney Works with the Forest Service to Defeat An Attempt to Enjoin Grazing On Fremont-Winema Forest Late on June 29, 2009, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke denied an attempt by Center for Biological Diversity, Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics, and Klamath […]

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife:  – A federal stimulus grant announced this week will employ Oregon off-season fishers, among others, to remove crab pots and other derelict fishing gear along the Oregon coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded the $699,184 grant to the Oregon Department of Fish […]