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CHILOQUIN, Ore. - This historically bad water year requires urgent measures to save the C’waam (Lost River sucker) and Koptu (shortnose sucker). These two critical treaty resources of the Klamath Tribes are on the verge of extinction and the Bureau of Reclamation’s water management this year must focus on meeting their needs first.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and a devastating wildfire season, the collaborative process between 12 timber and forest products companies, the Oregon Small Woodlands Association, and 13 environmental and fisheries organizations to amend Oregon forest practices is moving forward.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor by, Travis and Lisa Stringer
The South Suburban Sanitary District’s (SSSD) motto states that they are “Protecting Tomorrow’s Environment!”; however, currently, they are proposing to store and use Class D sewage to irrigate farm lands around residents living off of Reeder Road, Short Road, Highway 39, and Highway 140. Thus, negatively impacting the quality of our wells, soil, health, daily life, and property values.
Read MoreWILSONVILLE, Ore. – As the focus on energy and environment continues to dominate the headlines, the Oregon Institute of Technology, “Oregon Tech,” held its first Energy & Environment Summit at the university’s Portland-Metro campus on Nov. 1. The Energy-Environment Future Summit, which attracted more than 120 practitioners, academic experts and students in the field, focused on issues facing leadership and communities in planning for and delivering renewable and other energy in the context of effective environmental management.
Read MoreStatements by Senate President Peter Courtney (D-Salem). This session surprised me. I was worried that we were over-committed, doing too much. But we just adjourned eight days before the constitutional deadline. We passed significant legislation, most with bipartisan support.
Read MoreThe Oregon House of Representatives adjourned the 2018 legislative short session, “sine die,” today. Over the course of the 27-day session, Oregon House Democrats advanced key legislation that will build a better future for every Oregonian.
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