President signs bill to protect lands and rivers in Oregon!
Measures will designate wilderness and wild and scenic rivers in Oregon and honor legendary stewards of the North Umpqua River
Read the full press release here
Two New Bills for Oregon's Forests and Streams
Pacific Rivers and our partners are working to modernize Oregon's outdated forestry laws that apply to the management of private industrial timberlands. We have two bills under consideration by the Oregon State Legislature this session and we need your help getting them passed! See below for more information and endorse them here!
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Oregon Forest Carbon Incentives Act
End Tax Breaks for Clearcutting Clearcutting and other industrial forest practices are the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon and one of the biggest threats to the resiliency of our rural communities as climate change unfolds because clearcut lands and timber plantations are far more susceptible to wildfires, flooding, drought, and toxic algae blooms than natural forests. Despite this, Oregonian taxpayers subsidize these practices at a rate of over $300 million per year. Counties are deprived of badly needed revenues for schools, infrastructure, and social services and our climate suffers. Our system of tax breaks and subsidies must be aligned with the goal of climate stability. |
Oregon Safe Waters Act
End Clearcutting and Chemical Sprays in Our Drinking Water Supplies Clearcutting, logging roads, and application of chemical herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers on forestlands degrade clean drinking water sources with sediments, thermal pollution, and other contaminants and elevate the risk of wildfires, flooding, landslides and toxic algae blooms. |
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We are a nonprofit advancing public policies that protect clean water and healthy rivers. We ensure communities have clean, cool drinking water, watersheds are resilient in the face of climate change, and native fish and aquatic wildlife can thrive. Gifts to Pacific Rivers are tax deductible and support our conservation work in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, and Northern California.
We are a nonprofit advancing public policies that protect clean water and healthy rivers. We ensure communities have clean, cool drinking water, watersheds are resilient in the face of climate change, and native fish and aquatic wildlife can thrive. Gifts to Pacific Rivers are tax deductible and support our conservation work in Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, and Northern California.
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