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BLM agrees to reverse Trump administration post-fire logging rule
The Bureau of Land Management has agreed to reverse a rule put in place during the Donald Trump presidency that allowed the agency to log large areas of forests after a wildfire without first doing an environmental review.

How freeway builders collided with Oregon’s growth management system
The proposed Westside Bypass freeway in Washington County had a lot of momentum — until critics said it ran afoul of Oregon's growth management system. The freeway fight in the early 1990s wound up affecting transportation policies throughout the state.
Growing Oregon: The fight to create a plan to control growth
Here are some major takeaways from Episode 2 of Growing Oregon. The episode chronicles the nearly decade-long battle to establish a statewide growth management system for Oregon.

Conservation group receives grant to buy over 1,000 acres of Mount Ashland forest
Over 1,000 acres of crucial habitat on Mount Ashland will be preserved through a large grant to a nonprofit conservation group.
Land Use Board: Oregon recreation trail must be reconsidered
The Oregon Land Use Board says the farm impacts of a recreational trail southwest of Portland in Yamhill County weren’t properly analyzed, so the project must be reconsidered.
Wildfires prompt Oregon to adopt new rules for emergency housing outside urban areas
The Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission eases land-use restrictions following devastating wildfires.

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.

Interior Department Not Working On Owyhee Wilderness Designation
The Oregon Natural Desert Association has been talking about a wilderness designation for years, but that can only happen through Congress. Obama has already created or expanded 19 national monuments.
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At Home With Farm Interns
The latest installment of our "At Home" series brings you an interview with a farmer and three interns living and working on her Central Oregon farm.