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Up one levelOregon House Committee meets on klamath dam removal; diverse settlement leaders urge quick action
A group of stakeholders representing diverse interests urge quick action on a bill that would remove four dams on the Klamath River and serve as an important step forward toward Basin restoration and salmon recovery.
Oregon community conservation groups warn of rural families threatened by an “economic tsunami”
Sustainable Northwest-coordinated Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition travels to Washington to promote conservation-based solutions that create jobs and address the economic crisis hitting rural communities.
RVCC partners deliver testimony regarding the treatment of forest workers
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition partners, Cassandra Moseley, Ecosystem Workforce Program and Denise Smith, Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters deliver congressional testimony regarding the treatment of forest workers.
Klamath Tribes Build Partnership to Develop Biomass Facility
The Klamath Tribes announce plans to develop a biomass cogeneration facility in the upper Klamath Basin to advance renewable energy, forest restoration, and local community development.
SNW Board Chair wins 2008 Kerr Award from High Desert Museum
Jane O’Keeffe honored for sustainable economic and natural resource management.
Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Makes International Connections in UK
HFHC garners international attention in Edinburgh, Scotland as a participant in the Forest Connect network.
Welcome New Board Members
Sustainable Northwest is pleased to welcome three new members to our Board of Directors: Camilla Seth, Jeff Allen, and Marcie McLaughlin.
Oregon Business Plan and Rural Idaho Entrepreneur Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Conservation
2008 Cecil D. Andrus Leadership Awards Presented at SNW Gala on March 14th in Portland
Klamath Basin Agreement establishes new paradigm for Western watershed management
The proposed Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement represents a positive step forward for the management of the West's rivers, rangelands and forests.
Sustainable Forestry and Green Building Tour
SNW recently partnered with Northwest Natural Resource Group to host a full-day field tour of local sustainable forest management and wood products manufacturing.
Lakeview dedicates small diameter mill and biomass energy project
The Collins Companies and Marubeni Sustainable Energy host the ribbon cutting for a new small diameter sawmill and highlight the future Lakeview Biomass Energy Plant in Oregon
Upstream 21 Acquires Two Wood Products Enterprises
HFHC partners Jefferson State Forest Products and Community Smallwood Solutions acquired by Upstream 21
SNW Welcomes Two New Board Members
Sustainable Northwest is excited to welcome Kathy Long Holland of LongSherpa Design and Tim Taylor of the Environmental Home Center to its Board of Directors.
Our First Video: The People and Place of Lake County, Oregon
Through interviews with community members and sweeping images of the quiet Lake County landscape, this video provides a beautiful history of the early days of the community-based sustainability movement in the Northwest. Featuring Paul Harlan, Collins Companies, Jim Walls, Lake County Resources Initiative, Jane O'Keeffe, SNW Board Member and Martin Goebel, SNW President on the story of collaboration on the Lakeview Sustained Yield Unit.
HFHC Receives Woody Biomass Utilization Grant from USFS
The Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities Partnership (HFHC) was the recent recipient of a $249,000 Woody Biomass Utilization Grant from the US Forest Service. Through this grant, HFHC will provide strategic financial and technical assistance to four separate projects treating at-risk forests and processing the small diameter material into value added products.
2007 Andrus Leadership Awards Honorees: Celilo Group Media and Jefferson State Forest Products
The 2007 Andrus Awards honorees are Celilo Group Media of Portland, Oregon and Jefferson State Forest Products of Hayfork, California.
Public Forum on Working Conditions for Forest Workers Held with Federal Officials
Federal officials gathered at a public forum in Eugene, Oregon on January 31, 2007 to discuss new efforts to protect the health and safety of contract workers on national forest lands, and hear comments from forest workers and contractors about their experiences with forest working conditions. Among the eighty people in attendance were Mark Rey, USDA Undersecretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, and Alex Passantino, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.