Maybe it’s because my mind is fried from all the research I’m working on today, but this video from Oregon Wild is pretty amusing. It’s done Jib Jab style, with cartoon figures of Senator Wyden and Representative DeFazio hiking through the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness.
Wyden and DeFazio introduced legislation to protect the area last year, but...
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Your Afternoon Coffee Break: Wyden and DeFazio Take A Hike
Land Swap Will Add Another 16,000 Acres Of Wilderness To Oregon
Oregon’s Senators are introducing a bill that would protect another 16,000 acres of wilderness in Oregon.
Called the “Cathedral Rock and Horse Heaven Wilderness Act of 2010″, the bill arranges a land swap between private landowners and the Bureau of Land Management. The result is two large continuous tracts of land that can be preserved...
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Wilderness Bill Wins Praise And Concerns
Considering how important the new Wilderness Bill is to Oregon, it’s surprising to see that today’s coverage in newspapers around the state is low key. While the Oregonian gave it front page prominence, most of the other papers we check seemed satisfied to run a wire service version of the story, or hardly...
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House Approves Wilderness Bill, Goes To White House
Some four years after Congressmen Blumenauer and Walden announced a plan to expand wilderness protection for Mt. Hood, the bill has finally won congressional approval.
Moments ago, the House voted to pass the new Wilderness Bill, sending it to President Obama for his signature.
The final version is far different from what the two Representatives proposed...
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Wilderness Bill On Verge Of Becoming Law
Cross your fingers, throw salt over your shoulder, and knock on wood. After four years in the making, a bill to add more than 200,000 acres of wilderness in Oregon might just become law in the next day or two.
Supporters are feeling about as confident as they can. But as Sean Stevens of Oregon...
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