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Farmers in the Willamette Valley have been at odds for more than three decades over the risks of planting more canola, and whether the potential for pesticide drift and cross-pollination with cabbage, broccoli and other members of canola’s brassica family could threaten the purity and economic value of the valley’s prized seed crops.
Gov. Tina Kotek is calling on lawmakers to modernize Oregon’s water laws following guidance from four prominent water attorneys.
The Oregon Water Resources Department must update its 68-year-old rules for permitting new wells or double down on regulating existing ones, department officials said.
The Oregon Water Resources Department must update its 68-year-old rules for permitting new wells or double down on regulating existing ones, department officials said.
The cost of digging deeper wells could climb into the hundreds of millions if the state does not revamp groundwater permitting, officials told lawmakers.