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Chinese billionaire owns hundreds of thousands of acres of Oregon timberland, report reveals
Tianqiao Chen, with nearly 200,000 acres in Oregon, is the second largest foreign owner of U.S. land, according to land ownership publication The Land Report. His stake has drawn ire from an Oregon Republican.
This former Southwest Washington juvenile detention facility’s land may return to Chinook Indian Nation
A task force created by the Washington State Office of Financial Management may soon recommend the return of nearly 23 acres to the Chinook Indian Nation, including buildings that could support the cultural survival of the first people of that land.
How land trusts overlap with the land back movement in Oregon
Land trusts in Oregon are beginning to transform from their white-led roots, toward models based on Indigenous values and leadership.
Indie businesses thrive as Lloyd Center mall reinvents itself — again
Rumors of the Lloyd Center's death have been greatly exaggerated. Developers of the iconic Portland shopping mall are focusing on community feel as they plot next steps.
For the first time in generations, this tribe in Washington has land
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe has purchased thousands of acres of ancestral forestlands in East King County.
Timber company returns waterfront Washington property to tribe
A family-owned company with timber operations in the U.S. and New Zealand called Port Blakely Companies has returned waterfront property and tidelands on Little Skookum Inlet in Washington's Mason County to the Squaxin Island Tribe, at no cost.
Oregon land board moves forward on Elliott State research forest proposal
The Elliott State Forest is a step closer to becoming an 80,000-acre research forest after the State Land Board voted in favor of Oregon State University’s proposal.
Public lands chief hangs on despite nomination getting nixed
A former oil industry attorney will continue for now calling the shots at a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West.
How a public institute in Oregon became a de facto lobbying arm of the timber industry
Internal emails show a tax-funded agency created to educate people about forestry has acted as a public-relations agency and lobbying arm for Oregon's timber industry, in some cases skirting legal constraints that forbid it from doing so.
A Portland farm seeks to restore Black people to the land
A century ago, Black people made up 14% of the farmers in the nation, today they account for only 1.4%. Portland's Black Futures Farm is working to restore Black people to the land and build Black food sovereignty.