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Climate Commission proposes bigger goals for storing planet-warming gas in Oregon lands, waters

  • Alex Baumhardt

As the federal government pushes for more logging and grazing on Oregon’s lands, state climate commissioners are calling for more ambitious goals to protect the state’s land and water so they can capture carbon dioxide. The 13 voting members of the governor-appointed Oregon Climate Action Commission last week called to double goals they set just […]

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Protection increased for John Day River

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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation are now custodians of 1,200 acres of critical habitat along the Middle Fork John Day River, thanks to a recent land transaction with The Nature Conservancy.

Ownership of the property, called the Dunstan Homestead Preserve, transferred to the Tribes in April. It is located northeast of John Day.

The land’s critical fish and wildlife habitat will remain under perpetual protection and stewardship as a result of the partnerships between The Nature Conservancy, the Tribes and the Bonneville Power Administration.