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Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital ChronicleThe groups want more old-growth stands and a watershed included in the state’s landmark Western Forests Habitat Conservation Plan. -
Jeff Barnard/AP PhotoLast week, three tribal nations declared the designation of a marine stewardship area in Northern California.
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Environmentalists and project proponents agree: Infrastructure bills crafted by legislators and Newsom are a good compromise. The package aims to speed up lawsuits for solar farms, reservoirs and other infrastructure, and relax protection of some species. -
Though tributaries like Horse Creek are far out of the spotlight, they are an integral part of the whole Klamath River ecosystem. Without these, it’s unlikely that dam removal alone will help coho and Chinook fully recover.
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More than 40% of Oregon adults say the state’s forests are overlogged, but most also believe that harvesting timber is part of maintaining healthy forests, according to a recent survey.
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Six rocky areas on the Oregon Coast are being considered for conservation.
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Generating money from logging state forestland has been hotly debated. Environmental groups are pushing for more habitat protection while counties want Oregon to meet legal obligation to maximize timber revenue for their benefit.
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The spectacular view of Mount Shasta from Interstate Five is occasionally blocked by the big mountain's cousin, the cinder cone called Black Butte. The…
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Working to protect land, and the creatures that live upon it, can be hard in the best of circumstances. Those do not exist in war-torn Afghanistan, but…
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It's not fair to say the Klamath Lake Land Trust is twice as committed to its mission as it used to be. But it is now protecting and restoring twice as…
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There's a certain regularity to some stories emerging from Washington, like the program that will soon expire if Congress does not renew it. So it is once…
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It's easy to take the wide-open views of our region for granted. So it's a rude awakening when they disappear under new subdivisions or other…
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There's an old line directed to gullible people: "if you believe that, I have some swamp land I'd like to sell you." Is it better if the swamp is just…
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Arguments in favor of protecting this stream or that forest tend to come down to ecological significance or some other scientific reason. Robert Leonard…
