Mongabay

Study identifies priority forests in Oregon for max conservation benefit

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The coastal temperate rainforests of Oregon are important carbon storage facilities and provide 80% of the state’s drinking water. A recent study ...
Environment News Service

OREGON: Judge Rules for Conservation Groups, Old-Growth Trees

PENDLETON, Oregon, September 2, 2023 (ENS) – A Trump-era change in U.S. Forest Service regulations that permitted the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates three separate ...
Capital Press

Becker Oregon’s new state conservationist

Greg Becker is the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s new state conservationist for Oregon. The announcement was made on May 21. Becker will begin his new role in mid-June and lead the agency’s ...
Yahoo

Oregon’s western state forests will see more conservation, less clear cutting under new plan

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Slash piles burn after clearcutting near the Tillamook State Forest in western Oregon, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Jordan Gale / ...
Indiatimes

How conservation efforts helped the Oregon chub recover from the brink of extinction

The results were extraordinary. What had once been one of America's rarest freshwater fish gradually expanded into a thriving species. The Oregon chub population increased from fewer than 1,000 ...
JD Supra

New Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission Rules Create New Local Permitting Pathways for Mid-Sized Solar Development in Eastern Oregon

For nearly a decade, tension has grown in Oregon between the desire for agricultural and wildlife conservation and the desire for renewable energy development. In 2023, the Oregon Legislature passed ...
Corvallis Gazette-Times

Oregon conservation plan means more upgrades ahead

The payoff would be huge: Conservation in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, the council says, could avoid millions of tons of greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate 85 percent of the expected ...
OPB

As Oregon drought eases, uncertainty remains for some farmers

Tracy Robillard / Oregon NRCS Drought across Oregon is easing up. That’s good news for Central Oregon farmers who’ve had to scale back as a result of low water reserves. However, it’ll take more than ...

Historic 37-sq mile Oregon ranch sold for $27.55M for conservation, not homes

The historic Steiwer Ranch, located outside Fossil, Oregon, on Butte Creek, sold in April 2025 for $27.55 million to a ...
Mother Jones

Oregon Bill Would Tax Tourists to Protect Animals and Their Habitats

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Oregon’s short legislative session convenes in early February, conservation ...
Oregonian

The Oregon Zoo practices conservation to save endangered species

, preened on a sunny ledge overlooking signs explaining the Oregon Zoo's role in trying to save the species ravaged by habitat loss, hunting, trapping and the pet trade. about the species in our midst ...