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1950s Billboards Will Feature in This Year’s Keep Oregon Green Campaign
Organizers of the Keep Oregon Green campaign have decided to use billboards featured in the 1950s to make the public aware of fire safety regulations.
Together with federal, state, tribal, and local fire and emergency services, they will…
Oregon Farmers Push to Weaken Pesticide Bill as Environmentalists Fight to Protect Pollinators from…
A House Bill aimed at limiting the use of nicotinoids - synthetic pesticides designed to repel or kill insects and pollinators like butterflies and bees - is opposed by members of the Oregon Farm Bureau who are lobbying for changes to the…
Oregon Could Add Six Forever Chemicals to Hazardous List as Health Risks Spark New Regulations
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is adding six perfluoroalkyl and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to its list of over 800 regulated contaminants as a precursor to creating regulations to limit exposure to them.…
Oregonians Can Help Eradicate Invasive Ivy at Sunset Bay State Park to Honor Earth Day
To honor Earth Day, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department invites Oregonians to join rangers at Sunset Bay State Park, Coos Bay, to help remove invasive English ivy from the landscape.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon on…
Oregon Governor Proclaims April Arbor Month to Combat Tree Loss and Boost Community Health
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek issued a proclamation yesterday proclaiming April 2025 to be Oregon Arbor Month, making the whole month of April a time to observe the importance of trees to the state's people.
Oregon Arbor Month Takes…
Mystery Poachers Slaughter Juvenile Blacktail Deer in Oregon’s Tillamook Forest Sparking Urgent…
The Fish and Wildlife Division (ODFW) of the Oregon State Police (OSP) has appealed to the public for help identifying the perpetrator/s of the unlawful killing of two juvenile blacktail deer on March 17 in the Tillamook forest in Clatsop…
NOAA Staff Cuts Threaten Oregon’s Marine Life and Wildfire Forecasting
The firing of National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) staff will have severe repercussions for the continued protection of Oregon marine life and weather forecasting crucial events such as wildfires.
This is the…
Oregon Coast Visitors Urged to Tread Lightly as Threatened Snowy Plovers Fight for Survival During…
Visitors to the Oregon coastal regions should respect the 40 miles of a 362-mile coastline set aside to protect threatened western snowy plovers during their nesting season. The season is from mid-March to mid-September 2025.
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Increased Industrial Logging Ordered by Trump Administration Draws Ire of Oregon Conservationists
Oregonians are up in arms about President Donald Trump’s executive order to increase industrial logging, saying that old-growth forests are crucial for carbon storage, clean water, and wildlife.
The Executive Order
The executive…
Medford Tops List as Smokiest City in US While Residents Battle Health Risks from Wildfire Haze
MEDFORD, Ore. — A recent AGU (Advancing Earth Sciences) study of mountain cities in Oregon rated Medford, Bend, and Grants as the top three smokiest cities in the US from 2019 to 2023, but Medford was the smokiest.
Survey Says…