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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.
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Wilsonville candidates fight over Aurora airport — and Oregon’s land use laws
Airport business interests are funding a candidate they hope will get Wilsonville to drop its role in legal challenge to runway extension.

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.

Washington Commission Rejects Petition To Limit Killing Of Wolves
A petition that called for new rules to limit when the state can kill endangered wolves that prey on livestock was rejected Friday by the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission.

SCOTUS Declines To Hear Klamath Basin Water Rights Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up a Klamath Basin water dispute that goes back nearly two decades.
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Last Call: Tracking The Sound Of The Spotted Owl’s Extinction
The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer of 1990. Thirty years later, what hope, if any, do biologists hold for the fate of the spotted owl?

2nd Lawsuit Filed Against Oregon Ranch Over 2018's Watson Creek Wildfire
A second lawsuit has been filed against an Oregon ranch accused of causing millions of dollars in damages by negligently igniting a 2018 wildfire.
US Senate Passes Funding Boost To Conservation Fund, Help For National Parks
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would further protect public lands and recreation across the country. The legislation would also help relieve a massive maintenance backlog on federal lands.
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How We Analyzed Data From Oregon’s Timber Industry
A data investigation by OPB, The Oregonian/OregonLive and ProPublica found that timber tax cuts have cost counties at least $3 billion in the past three decades. Here’s how we did our analysis.