Press Releases

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Community Based Forestry Advocates Deliver Congressional Testimony Regarding the Treatment of Forest Workers - Sep 16, 2008 - Washington D.C.

Cassandra Moseley, director of the Ecosystem Workforce Program in the Institute for a Sustainable Environment at the University of Oregon (Eugene, OR), and Denise Smith, executive director of the Alliance of Forest Workers and Harvesters (Willow Creek, CA), testified today before Congress regarding the role of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Department of Labor (DOL) in protecting the health and welfare of workers carrying out tree planting and other service contracts on National Forest System lands.

Sustainable Northwest Delivers Congressional Testimony in Support of Forest Landscape Restoration Act - Jul 10, 2008 - Washington, DC

Martin Goebel, executive director of Sustainable Northwest, testified today before the Committee on Natural Resources’ Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands in the United States House of Representatives in regards to the Forest Landscape Restoration Act, H.R. 5263.

Forest Guild Testifies Before U.S. Senate - Apr 01, 2008 - Washington DC

Testimony supports the Forest Landscape Restoration Act

Oregon Business Plan Committee and Rural Idaho Entrepreneur Recognized for Leadership in Sustainability and Conservation - Mar 05, 2008 - Portland, Oregon

Four-term Idaho Governor and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Cecil D. Andrus will present “Andrus Leadership Awards” to the Steering Committee of the Oregon Business Plan and MaryJane Butters of Moscow, Idaho on March 14th in Portland.

National Ecosystem Services Council Formed to Promote Expansion of Environmental Trading Practices - Dec 10, 2007 - Portland, OR