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About three-quarters of federal O&C forests in western Oregon are protected from regular logging. But Bureau of Land Management indicated it could return those acres to 1960s harvest levels, more than 10 times current levels.
Courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management)
Oregon’s congressional Democrats are asking federal officials to give the public more time to learn about and comment on new plans that would open up millions of acres of federal forests in Oregon to logging activity not seen since the 1960s.
Before and after photos of the Learning Nest, a childcare center in Scappoose, Ore. that received a $30,000 Child Care Infrastructure Fund grant to improve their outdoor play area.
Courtesy of Business Oregon and the Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care
The Oregon Child Care Infrastructure Fund since 2024 has supported $50 million in construction costs on more than 180 child care facility projects.