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Timber

Bill intends to boost Oregon’s ‘dual credit’ farm and forestry classes

Oregon lawmakers appear likely to pass a bill that encourages college-credit agriculture and forestry classes in high schools, ... Read more

Livestock

Judge blocks grazing on 22,000 acres in Oregon

Environmental advocates have won a preliminary injunction against livestock grazing across 22,000 federal acres in Oregon slated for ... Read more

Water

Aquifer recharge exempted from groundwater denial proposal

Aquifer recharge projects would be exempt from Oregon legislation that otherwise seeks to preclude new agricultural well applications ... Read more

Oregon

Legal twist confounds debate over domestic well irrigation

A new legal interpretation has cast doubt on whether legislation is necessary to allow limited commercial irrigation with ... Read more

News

Critics fear unemployment pay during strikes will skew negotiations

Union employees could collect unemployment payments while on strike under a bill that Oregon farm and business organizations ... Read more

Livestock

9th Circuit: USDA predator control allowed in wilderness areas

The USDA isn’t prohibited from controlling predators in federal wilderness areas, contrary to arguments by environmental groups, according ... Read more

Livestock

USDA: Criminal dismissals herald ‘ending regulation by prosecution’

The USDA is heralding its dismissal of criminal charges against a South Dakotan ranching couple as a sign ... Read more

Water

Subtle revision defuses opposition to Oregon waterway ownership bill

A subtle revision has neutralized a key source of opposition to a bill that intends to make it ... Read more

Timber

Timber severance tax ignites wildfire funding debate

Timber harvests would be taxed based on value, rather than log volume, under a controversial Oregon bill that ... Read more

Rural Life

Oregon landowner hunting tag program poised to become permanent

More than four decades since it was started, a program that prioritizes Oregon landowners for hunting tags is ... Read more

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