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Read MoreGrants Pass, Or—A coalition of residents from the Illinois, Applegate and Rogue Valleys will gather to protest the BLM timber auction for the 287-acre Pickett Hog Timber Sale, above the Wild and Scenic Rogue River. The Pickett Hog Timber Sale is the first to be auctioned from the controversial Pickett West Project. Other timber sales are being developed from the Pickett West Project in the Applegate Valley and in the mountains above Selma, Oregon.
Read MoreJoseph Vaile, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Read MoreFederal law enforcement believes Gold Hill miner Clifford Randall Tracy, who was convicted for illegal mining on Sucker Creek in 2009, is at it again.
By Chris Conrad, Mail Tribune
Read MoreTo force the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to increase its timber harvest in Western Oregon, the timber industry, including Rough and Ready Lumber Co. in the Illinois Valley and the Swanson Group Manufacturing in Glendale, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
Read MoreSouthwest Oregon gold miner Clifford R. Tracy has been charged a second time with illegally mining near a sensitive salmon stream, this time on U.S. Bureau of Land Management property along Galice Creek.
By Scott Learn, Oregonian
Read MoreIn 2009, Tracy was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of illegally mining on U.S. Forest Service land next to a critical salmon stream in southwest Oregon. Now, he has applied to mine at the same spot again, and the Forest Service says his prior conviction won't factor in to their evaluation of his new proposal.
By Scott Learn, Oregonlive.com
Read MoreFederal judge orders Six Rivers National Forest to develop remedial plan.
By Donna Tam, The Times-Standard
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Oregon's Environmental Quality Commission today adopted the strictest standards for toxic water pollution in the United States. The new rules, adopted on a 4-1 vote, are designed to protect tribal members and others who eat large amounts of contaminated fish.
By Scott Learn, Oregonlive.com
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Read MoreThe public comment period for environmental assessment ends today.
By Mark Freeman, Mail Tribune
Read MoreBy Les Zaitz, Oregonian
Read MoreOregon forestland owners can use their properties as carbon storage banks and trade carbon credits on the open market.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
Read MoreBy Jeff Duewel, Daily Courier
Read MoreMore than 3,000 miles of roads and 230 miles of trails will be available for off-highway motorized vehicles.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
Read MoreGroups say the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed to meet standards set in the Clean Water Act, Coast Zone Management Act.
By Paul Fattig, Mail Tribune
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