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USDA Awards $6 Million to Rural Oregon Communities
Feb 03, 2012
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Two projects in Oregon are the largest recipients of CFLRP investment in the nation, expected to create over 200 jobs.
February 3, 2012 (Portland, OR) — The US Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that the Malheur and Fremont-Winema National Forests will receive $6 million in 2012 through the Collaborative Forest Restoration Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) for forest restoration and job creation. The CFLR program directs funds to national forests for 10 years as a long-term investment. Over the life of the project, a federal investment on these forests of $48,400,000 will restore over 300,000 acres of forest, reducing fire risk to local communities and simultaneously create more than 240 jobs and maintain current jobs in the forest products industry, while.
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Report: New National Forest Program a Success
Nov 07, 2011
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First Year of CFLRP Reveals Big Forest, Jobs, Water and Wildlife Benefits; More Investment Needed So More Communities Can Benefit
A national report released today on first-year results of the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) revealed impressive returns for forests, jobs, water, and wildlife. In 2010 the federal program split $10 million among ten projects on National Forests throughout the country.
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Iberdrola begins construction on Oregon biomass power plant
Nov 10, 2010
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Construction has begun on a 26.8-megawatt biomass power plant in Lakeview, Oregon, not far from the California border.
Renewable energy developer Iberdrola Renewables is building the Lakeview Biomass Cogeneration plant with expectations of completing the facility by the fall of 2012.
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High Desert Museum Honors J. Martin Goebel with Earle A. Chiles Award
Nov 02, 2010
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Goebel enables people to change how they work with each other and the environment.
Sustainable Northwest President, Martin Goebel, selected as Earle A. Chiles Award recipient.
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