Climate-Resilient Agriculture: a Win-Win for Farmers and Fish
An innovative water conservation project in Eastern Oregon shows a way forward for thriving farms and healthy rivers.
Oregon
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Brian Kelley
Support the Private Forest Accord
Ask the Board of Forestry to finalize the changes to Oregon’s logging rules on private forest lands.
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Watch: Finding Flow
In our new video Finding Flow, WSC’s Oregon Water Policy Director Caylin Barter heads to southern Oregon to document the current state of rivers and streams in this rapidly changing region.
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Welcome Stacey Detwiler
Our new Oregon Policy Manager has a history of helping the state’s forestry laws catch up with its neighbors. Now she’s working to make Oregon a true conservation leader.
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Andrea Lonas
Private Forest Accord Signed Into Law
With Governor Brown’s signature, salmon headed for new protections across 10 million acres of private forestland in Oregon.
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Forest Stories from the Tillamook
The Tillamook Rainforest is many things to many people and creatures. In our new video series, hear from a handful of forest users on the importance of this landscape for Oregonians.
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David Herasimtschuk, Freshwaters Illustrated
How Oregon’s Water System Can Adapt to a New Climate Reality
If drought and heat are becoming Oregon’s new normal, it’s in everyone’s interest to adapt our water management framework to this complex reality.
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Alamy
Protect Wild Fish
Stand up for world class wild fish runs on the Rogue, Chetco and Elk rivers by telling the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect and prioritize existing runs of wild fish in the area.
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© Rick Stare
Inside the Oregon Capitol: Forest Legislation Wrap Up
The timber industry scored a tax holiday and legislators passed on fixing the troubled Oregon Forest Resources Institute. But make no mistake; these issues will be back.
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WSC
A 70-Year Conservation Plan for the Tillamook
The Oregon Board of Forestry voted unanimously to move ahead a plan for long-term in stream and forest reserves for roughly half of the Tillamook—250,000 acres.