Wyden’s Awesome Owyhee Opportunity

The White House is very interested in protecting Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands as a national monument before the end of Biden’s first administration. However, President Biden won’t proceed without the all-clear from Oregon’s two US senators. Your help needed. Now.

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O&C Lands Act, Part 1: Neither 11th Commandment Nor 28th Amendment

This is the first in a series of four Public Lands Blog posts regarding the infamous “O&C” lands, a variant of public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management in western Oregon. Part 1 sets the stage with a brief history and description of recent epochal events.

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Changes Coming to the Oregon Delegation to the US House, Part 1: 3rd, 5th, and 6th Districts

This is the first installment of a two-part exploration of certain, probable and/or needed changes to the Oregon delegation to the US House of Representatives in the 2024 elections.

Along with the great danger of the Oregon US House delegation becoming worse on public lands issues, there are also great opportunities for it to be better.

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