The Christmas Valley Back-scatter site consists of 2,622 acres of BLM land withdrawn for use by the U.S. Air Force to provide national security information during the cold war. The site was made obsolete by satellite technology, and was scheduled to return to BLM management in September 2009. It is surrounded by thousands of additional [...]

Beginning in the late 1980s and early 1990s, a combination of wildfire fuel accumulation, droughts, and extreme weather conditions caused wildfire in Central Oregon to strike with more destructive power than in decades past.  At the same time, the region began experiencing rapid rural development, putting more people and property in the path of wildfire [...]

This project demonstrated the ability of the Oregon Solutions process to expedite permitting requirements by addressing possible opposition early on and was accomplished in partnership between several farmers in Sherman County, Northwest Wind, several state and federal agencies, the Audubon Society and BPA.

With a grant from the State Library, Sherman County in 1996 became the last county in Oregon to develop a public library. For the prior decade, the public library and its patrons shared space with the library collection and students of Sherman Junior Senior High School in the county seat of Moro.  It was a [...]

A number of organizations, local officials, and state and federal agencies worked together to explore opportunities with the significant fossil beds near Fossil. The specific projects associated with this effort include: the conversion of the Fossil High School into a paleontological visitor’s center educational programming around sustainable ranching and stream restoration on the Pine Creek [...]

Zenger Farm is a 16-acre site located in the eastern portion of the Lents Urban Renewal District in Outer Southeast Portland.  Originally a dairy farm,  the land is one of a few working urban farms in the Portland city limits.  In 1995, citizens and organizations came together to explore the potential of this land as [...]

North Portland is the hub of distribution for the state and therefore has the highest levels of diesel emissions in the state (estimated at ~20 times the health standard). Community groups, regulators and private and public fleets (operating in or from N. Portland) have collaborated to reduce fleet emissions through fuel and equipment upgrade projects. [...]

In 2003, Governor Theodore Kulongoski launched, with the Governors of California and Washington, the West Coast Global Warming Initiative to address the issue of climate change and ultimately outlining strategies and projects to curb greenhouse emissions.  Reducing long duration idling at truck stops was identified as one effective measure to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The [...]

The Port of Port Orford on the southern Oregon coast is unique in that it is not inside a natural bay or river. The harbor is in a natural cove with a rock headland to the north and west. The port provides the fishing industry direct access to the ocean and ocean waves from the [...]

Changing consumer demand has created both new market opportunities for agricultural producers and evolving requirements for access to major markets. The Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Resource Center (OSARC) was established to draw together the education, information, and technical support needed by Oregon farmers and ranchers wishing to capture those opportunities and meet the requirements. This project [...]