Congress, Elections, Federal Lands, Politics Andy Kerr Congress, Elections, Federal Lands, Politics Andy Kerr

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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Public Land Conservation Grand Bargains, Part 1: Hard Choices Ahead for Oregon Conservationists

This is the first of three Public Lands Blog posts that examine the increasingly difficult political decisions facing Oregon’s public lands conservationists. Part 1 poses a still hypothetical—but prospectively probable—public lands conservation package that contains some great, some good, some bad, and some ugly provisions. Part 2 will examine what Oregon public lands conservationists have done in the past when faced with such choices. Part 3 will wrestle with the devil of principle and the angel of pragmatism and make recommendations.

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