April 17, 2023 – Oregon’s brewing community knows better than anyone that “Great beer starts with clean water!” Right now, we have a once-in-a-lifetime conservation opportunity to secure the largest expansion of river protections in Oregon history. This effort would protect watersheds, critical fish and wildlife habitat, carbon-storing forests, and world-class recreation opportunities – not
Corrections: The original graphic for last week's Opinion page, supporting the levies for Bend Fire & Rescue/Deschutes Rural Fire Protection District, read "May 23, 2023.".
Toward a Douglas-Fir National Monument counterpunch.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from counterpunch.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some of the most spectacular forests of Douglas fir in the West are found on the west slope of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. Though heavily logged by the timber industry for its straight-grained wood over the years, some important examples of these once-extensive old-growth forests can still be found in western Oregon.
A recent headline in The Observer (Jan. 5, 2023) about the revised River Democracy Act quoted County Commissioner Donna Beverage as saying, “We do not need it.”